So I just received a small amount of money that was my great grandfathers and upon looking into it I discovered he kept several 1963 Series B dollar bills Only thing that I know about this is that 1963 was the first year the dollar bill became a Federal Reserve Note. Does anyone know any more information about these or why exactly he kept so many of them? My grandma could only tell me he always kept these "Barr Dollars"
well first off it depends on condition and what reserve they are from. but in general they book for $5 in CHCU. there were just so many of the printed. they are pretty readily available
Joseph Barr was the shortest serving Treasury Secretary. Since he only served about a month in office, most people thought that $1 notes bearing his name would increase in value. A note with his signature ranges from $2 in F - $15 in CH CU. However, if the note is a star, I would double the price for the lower grades and triple in higher grades. Otherwise, the notes are not as rare as originally believed, although they ARE over 35 years old and no one knows how many are still in circulation.
Duh! I had $200.00 in Barr star notes as my father worked for the federal Reserve bank for 47 years. I was a teen then and spent them all on wine , women and song....as I can remember now the wine and songs were worth the money as for the ladies Nah! .....should of not been drinking cheap wine or playing with the women...just rockin to the music. Oh well young and dumb! live & Learn
Thank you the information has been very helpful! Glad to see upon further investigation one of then that is in rather good shape is a star note nice addition to the collection!
Right. Basically, so many were hoarded that the value never increased nearly as much as people were expecting.... The 1969A and 1969C $1's had only slightly higher printage totals than the 1963B, but they didn't get the publicity--and as a result they're significantly more valuable today. All completed $1 FRN series, in order by total printage: 1963B: 458,880,000 1969C: 543,680,000 1969A: 632,960,000 1969B: 1,690,080,000 1963: 1,718,240,000 1969: 1,910,400,000 1969D: 3,161,600,000 1977A: 3,348,480,000 1981A: 3,696,000,000 1988: 3,964,800,000 1977: 4,197,120,000 1993: 4,601,600,000 2001: 4,921,600,000 1974: 5,003,680,000 1963A: 5,104,160,000 1981: 5,537,920,000 2003: 7,155,200,000 2003A: 7,776,000,000 1999: 10,131,200,000 1985: 10,819,200,000 1988A: 15,084,800,000 1995: 18,585,600,000
misprinted 1963 b one dollar bill My father recently showed me a misprinted 1963 b one dollar bill he has had for many year. I told him I could try to get some information on it for him. I was wondering if anyone knew how much a misprinted bill is worth and if their are many of them. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, kelly
Joe Barr was defeated for re-election to Congress in 1960, the same year JFK was elected. He began a new career as a political operative in the Treasury Department. By 1968 he was a Treasury Undersecretary. The Democrats lost the White House that year, and LBJ wanted to do a favor for the soon-to-be unemployed Barr. Henry Fowler quit as Treasury Secretary so LBJ could appoint Barr to fill the final month of his term. Thus Barr would be able to say he was an ex-Treasury Secretary, a useful title for the career in banking he was about to pursue. The BEP feels no need to only print notes bearing the signatures of people in office. It made a bunch of plates bearing Barr's signature, and used them for months after he was out of office.
I'm not seeing this "misprint." What am I looking for? Also, it looks like you're kind of creaming that note, by the way you're holding it.
Same here. I was looking at the print as well. Does the miss print make it any more valuable? I have a few that are printed off center as well
Hi, I recently found in some letters to my grandfather a Barr $1 note that is signed by Barr himself in blue ball point above his printed signature. The note is also signed by Barr to my grandfather "To Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. " Curious to know how this might affect the collector value? Thanks
Typically, a courtesy autograph adds value. When it is personalized, it's value is usually only to the person named and their family. I collect courtesy autographed paper money, but would not want a note that was personalized. Cool keepsake @Rob Nadeau