Grandma's Attic - Virtual Trasure Hunt (Currency)

Hello everyone,

A few years ago before our Grandparents passed away, our grandmother gave us a box full of currency and coins with a face value of over $10,000 that her and Grandpa collected for over 60 years. We posted the coins earlier this morning. We just finished going through the currency and pulled anything that looked unusual. There wasn't much and I none of it is in mint condition. I just wonder what we have... we have no idea what the notes are worth but please take a look. I have linked my hi-res photos below. All notes are as is, just as we found them in the box. The coins are posted in the "US Coins" section if you would like to see those as well. http://www.cointalk.com/t193849/#ixzz1bXCHBrWa

Thank You!

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Pretty cool notes, but I will inform you that the 1976 $2's aren't worth anything and you should spend them...

 

Everything looks to be straight out of circulation, and it's too bad about the rust stains and markings on some of the notes. Are you sure they were collectors, and not just stashing money away ?

 

Plus, what else did you guys get. What was the other stuff that didn't look out of the usual. You should still post all of it on here because some things can be rare and collectible without you even realizing it.

 

I'm not familiar with red seal Silver Certs. Can someone enlighten me?

 

I think your referring to the Brown seals which can look red depending on your monitors color space.

BTW: No DaVinci's in that lot... I agree, some small notes may look common, but can be worth many many many times face value depending on condition... The Hawaii notes are cool, but in that condition really kills the value. You also have a pretty cool '34A North Africa Yellow Seal. You guys should get a book, and take your time inventorying everything.

 

The yellow seal note is a North Africa note from WWII and carries a small premium as well as the 2 Hawaii notes. They are heavily circulated so I wouldn't expect to sell them for much, but they are certainly worth more than the face value.

 

SteveInTampa, your probably right. They were stashing cash mostly but he knew he has a few special coins. I'm sure the Hawaii notes were more sentimental from his time in the Navy.

 

tbudwiser
There are hundreds of uncirculated notes of all denominations here. Is there a general rule as I search through these? Is it the date? I will gladly post anything but I just cannot see posting all of them. Also, if I do go to the local coin shop, are there any red flags I should be watching for? I am thinking that if I get an offer for the entire lot that that tells me there is something of value in there... or do I even need to worry? We are in Missouri, are there any recommendations on coin/currency shops here?

 

Do any of them have stars at the end of the serial numbers? Do any of them look like they were misprinted? Are any of them small head pre-1996 design?

 

The 1928 D $2.00 could be a Mule. Check to see if the back plate number is #288 or less. (dcooney: a Mule in this case is a back plate from a Series 1928 C, paired with a 1928 D front plate.)

 

The newest notes posted so far are some 1976 $2's.....everything else looks older.

 

OK, same question. Why a brown seal on a silver cert?

 

Steve,

I am referring to the statement he made about "only pulling out anything unusual looking". So in other words, he didn't post everything his grandfather had and he might not know about star notes, error notes, consecutive CU old style bills, etc. That is why I was suggesting that he look for such notes and post what else he has...

 

If you're planning on selling, I'd do one thing: Buy a copy of "United States Paper Money"
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-United-...2407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319407062&sr=8-1
For a modest $15 you can look up your notes and have a very good idea of what you have, instead of blindly selling and not having a clue.
Guy

 

If you are planning on selling and never want anything to do with the hobby again, don't waste your $ and buy a book, IMO. Instead, look online for similar things that are selling in similar conditions. Go to eBay and simply punch in what you have. There you go. It's really that simple. No books required. This way, you can also see them being sold, so you know that the prices are ligit versus a book, who knows if the prices in the book are ligit or not? Who knows if notes are selling for what a book lists them at or not. Just because a book lists a dollar sign and number, doesn't mean that that is what people are willing to pay for them. Most people don't actually want to pay book value at all, everybody wants deals. Thats just my input on what Guy had to say though. Do what works best for you.

 

Thats brilliant....IF you know what you have. Thats why you buy a book and find out what you have before you bother with pricing. Ebay isn't the place to learn about coins and currency for obvious reasons. If it's too much to buy a book that has all the info you'll need, then I guess it's too much to expect a good outcome.
Guy

 

Hawaii War Emergency Notes - http://www.panix.com/~clay/currency/Hawaii.html

 

My grandparents where this way when the first met each other (14) it was 1956 and The stashed everything they had over $100.000! Yet stolen and probably spent at face cause the robbers where dumb.

 

I'm not even sure the Hawaii $1 note were actual silver certs, as in backed by Silver. It would make more since these were just modified silver certs laying around at the treasury made into a temp regional fiat currency.