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Posted 01/21/2010 8:18 pm
Hi there and welcome.
I am assuming that your notes are circulated condition. If they are beautiful and uncirculated, disregard my info.
The 1957 and 1957A with the blue seals are what are called 'silver certificates', because they were legally exchangable for silver dollar coins (like Morgan and Peace dollars). This ended a long time ago. Now they are only collectors items. In circulated condition, they're usually worth less than $2 each, and the difficulty in finding a buyer might make it not worth selling. I'd keep 'em both if you have $2 to spare. If you add more to your collection, you can return the worse condition ones to circulation.
The 1953 $2 you'll note has the words 'United States Note' in the area where our current currency says 'Federal Reserve Note'. These 'red seal' notes may carry a slight premium over face value, but not much when circulated. They were not printed after 1963. Like the others, I'd keep it if I had a spare $2.
Keep in mind that if you return obsolete notes like these to circulation, the banks and federal reserve are obligated to remove and destroy them. That's why I keep all but the ragged ones.
The 1979 note I suspect is a 1976, as the $2 had a series in 1976 and not again until 1995. The 1976 can commonly be found in circulation. If you go to a bank and ask for all of their $2s, you'll find several. I would only keep this if it is high quality, a star note, or has sentimental value.
Hope this helps,
-wheatiefan
I am assuming that your notes are circulated condition. If they are beautiful and uncirculated, disregard my info.
The 1957 and 1957A with the blue seals are what are called 'silver certificates', because they were legally exchangable for silver dollar coins (like Morgan and Peace dollars). This ended a long time ago. Now they are only collectors items. In circulated condition, they're usually worth less than $2 each, and the difficulty in finding a buyer might make it not worth selling. I'd keep 'em both if you have $2 to spare. If you add more to your collection, you can return the worse condition ones to circulation.
The 1953 $2 you'll note has the words 'United States Note' in the area where our current currency says 'Federal Reserve Note'. These 'red seal' notes may carry a slight premium over face value, but not much when circulated. They were not printed after 1963. Like the others, I'd keep it if I had a spare $2.
Keep in mind that if you return obsolete notes like these to circulation, the banks and federal reserve are obligated to remove and destroy them. That's why I keep all but the ragged ones.
The 1979 note I suspect is a 1976, as the $2 had a series in 1976 and not again until 1995. The 1976 can commonly be found in circulation. If you go to a bank and ask for all of their $2s, you'll find several. I would only keep this if it is high quality, a star note, or has sentimental value.
Hope this helps,
-wheatiefan
