Today's Haul From The Annual Baystate Coin Show

Yes, it's that time of year yet again!

This year, for the first time, I decided to focus exclusively on upgrading as many of my poorer quality notes as I could afford. I brought a stack of notes that I wanted to upgrade and ended up upgrading all but one at the first currency seller's table I visited. Normally I would have shopped around, but most of the notes I wanted to upgrade I had previously purchased from this dealer over the years and he always gives me a fair price (both buying and selling).

When all was said and done, I got $3000 for the notes I traded in and paid an extra $9000 for the notes I purchased. My budget was $10,000 for the show, but the trade-ins allowed me to go a little higher.

And so, without further ado:

Series 1886 One Dollar Silver Certificate:




Series 1896 One Dollar Silver_Certificate (a.k.a. "Educational" Note):




Series 1896 Five Dollar Silver_Certificate (a.k.a. "Educational" Note):




Series 1918 Two Dollar National Currency (Boston):




Series 1923 Five Dollar Silver Certificate ("Porthole"):




Series 1934A Five Dollar Federal Reserve Note (Hawaii -- WWII Emergency Issue):




[And, yes, there's a reason why I only do one show per year...]