My First Birthday Note!

Going to the 'bay unless someone here wants it....

Congrats on your find! Yes, Date serial numbers can be cool which are usually combinations of digits representing a birthday, death, anniversary, often special holidays, or important memorial day or event, even something like 09/11/2001, 07/04/1776 is possible.

These serial numbers are special types not really fancy and generally have no set pricing for their value. Maybe they will be of high demand and value if you find the right person/collector who is looking for a specific date like the anniversary/birthdays but to others of course those dates have no demand or value. It also appears its possible to even make a few hundred or possibly even a thousand if its something like 09112001 or 07041776 on a note to the right buyer.

Last I remember, there was someone who was attempting to match some birthday notes which might be a good idea and can look at that... .
Enter it here: https://forms.gle/gm4yWjv4KatmCifq9 Luckyrollers added before that you can also join a group in Facebook called :

Birthday serial numbers on Dollar bills

Also sometimes you will find a date you would have to do some digging to see what happened on that date or whos birthday/death was on that date besides the normal collectors who are looking for their own etc (they can be date notes not just birthday). Example: https://takemeback.to/ If something is found that can be a plus.

I imagine $1 notes do better than higher amounts like $20 $50 or $100, probably because more people buy on impulse at lower amounts.

Meh

If I got that note I would spend it. I would also write on it and fold it a few times before I spend it. You collect what you like, but this has 0 interest for me.

Birthday notes are like Littleton coins. Overpriced and mostly worth face value.

Fun find, but a limited market.

Thanks for your added info. The only issue is just that some people on the forums continue to say only something like 'Its a spender' on a lot of items they arent personally wanting to collect and therefore might leave the original posters with a wrong assumption that some notes have no value or interest to any collectors period and therefore are wrong to enjoy/keep them.

Thats the reason I post sometimes the added info as like what Joshu and I said, yes they may appeal only to a select few in some cases like a birthday note and therefore for some if they found that note they would spend it while others would keep it or desire it. I see these days people even collect and grade old VHS/BETAMAX/DVD/VIDEO GAMES/CARDS/MAGAZINES/RECORDS etc and I cant tell you how many others have zero interest, but theres value sometimes to consider in certain cases. I have zero interest in those lowball coins but others love em. To each their own and no need to put them down over it.




Another great point and forums like this can help introduce them to other areas they may not even yet know about.




Birthday notes as well as anniversary or some key date are most likely worth face value but have some meaning to a specific person while none to others. However dates can also have meaning to some event or person and for some that also adds value enough to buy over face. I do agree that generally they arent great investment items. Littleton appeals to casual collectors and has some interesting items (like the counterstamps) over the years, but if you are a regular collector I wouldnt use them as a main source for NEW items as their pricing tends to be higher than elsewhere.

Glad I took this approach for this thread.