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This is a perfect example of an "expert" providing solid, reliable and factual information?

Of course it's not the same coin. There are many 1800 Lima minted 2 reales available in many grades. They are not the same either but some are XF/au and they are still priced under that $125...

I think spending $125 on that coin would be a mistake when you could buy several different dates of the same mint on ebay for between $15 and $40 each
including #8313491011.

Can you scan a picture of the note?
It would help to know the position letter and number.

Silver Surfer; the price of a 1899 silver certificate $5 in VF/XF should be considerably higher. If there were NO serious problems with it. The $1 would be priced about right with the market. You...

bz; Not all notes printed were released. Many notes of this type never saw daylight. The only reason these FRBN's are available is that most collectors still confuse them with Nationals and the...

The number of note released are not that high... you are quoting the number of notes printed. The number of notes in high grade are few because they simply were not saved except by the wealthy. ...

Walter Breen discovered the 1855 over 1854. It is Breen #4858. He does not say there are 10 varieties. He was stating the number of obverse dies used in production or delivered for production.

You guys are doing it right... picking up very undervalued currency.
These FRBNs have been over looked for way too long. The scarcity of them is generally unknown to the public, especially the high...

Your 2 reales piece minted in Lima has a catalog value of around $20.00.
However the calalog I'm using is twenty years old. Hope this is of some help.
P.S. I believe your coin is real.

Doug, several of us have suspected you of holding a few of these and NOW it looks like we finally have proof. Hope you can keep at least one step ahead of the feds, possibly into the mountains behind...

Silver Surfer; your note is redeemable anywhere U.S. currency is accepted.
The book-keeping that kept track of these obligations closed in 1935.
It's kind of like the silver certificates still...

Silver Surfer; yes there are 12 districts in the Federal Reserve system and all 12 issued the type of note you have. The note you have however is a Federal Reserve Bank note and is an obligation of...

They probably are not considered rare but they have been in high demand for the last several years. $1000 notes without ANY problems can bring $1300 to $2000 quite easily. This may be one of those...

AJ, your note has to be at least AU for there to be any premium over face value.
Even in nice CU they list for $26.00. There are not a lot of them around any more so who knows, maybe someday they...

I remember back in 1965 when the mint announced they were no longer producing proof sets and the uproar that created. These satin finished or matte specimens will be transitory as are all things the...

Krasnaya Vityaz, that 692 $1 is one of my favorites because of the bison on the reverse. Your note is a little skewed and off-center but many MPC's are.
I recently sold one just like it for $90.00.

All keepers in my opinion Bluegill. The $2 is one of those numismatic/philatelic cross-overs and yes that was the first issue date like a first-day cover.
Hope this helps.

While I don't believe anyone can tell for sure from a picture alone, I do tend to think this one is real. It appears there may be some rim damage from the obverse picture but that may be just my...

Yes it is. It is not common as printing errors go, to have the entire reverse missing. Usually only portions do not get printed. Obverse printing errors are more likely than reverse printing errors...

Your 1957B silver certificate is not rare but if in choice or gem CU, could be worth $4.00 to $6.00. The 1957B (Friedberg #1621) is the very last of it's type. :)

Do any of you paper collectors have a soft spot for MPC's?
They are certainly the most colorful of all U.S. currency types. :cool:

Now I'm not downplaying this guy's buy but just because a coin has a "name" such as Comstock or even a collector's name such as Bass or Eliasburg doesn't make the coin rarer...its still just a coin...

Speedy; without the Comstock silver discovery, there never would have been a mint at Carson City. When the silver load played out, the mint there was closed and it faded into history. :)

Sorry to inform you, the US did not print ANY 1934 100's with blue seals. There were 5 different issues of 1934 Federal Reserve green seals but no blue seals.