Hi Paper people! I just withdrew some money from the bank. In the cash are 3 $100 star notes. Each have been folding, but overall pretty nice condition. 2 of them are consecutive serial numbers. Are these actually worth saving? If they were smaller denomination, I would just throw them in a drawer, but since they are $100's, I don't really want to keep them unless it's worth it. Thoughts? The serial numbers and run sizes are: DF00944250* Series: 2003 Run Size: 1,280,000 Total Printed: 1,280,000 hl16847431* hl16847432* Series: 2006 Run Size: 3,200,000 Total printed: 9,936,000 -greg
I'd personally consider the DF* for keeping entirely depending on the condition. There is only one type of specific star note I have ever spent in my entire life; and that just so happens to be any 2006 $100 stars I find, uncirculated or not. The 2006 $100 stars are WAY too common to keep as will the 2009 series be. So, I'd spend the HL*'s if I were you. Only because they will never go up in value for your lifetime... It is extremely common for me to get 2006 $100 stars from the bank all the time. I buy them from my tellers and spend them so my tellers don't get confused. And my tellers have actually given my 17 2006 $100 stars to date including 1 HE*, 1 HF*, 7 HL*'s, and 8 HB*'s. That is why I say you should just spend them. -tbud
Thanks tbud, that's what I figured, based on those "total printed" numbers. I will just hang on to the 2003 until I really need it. Here is the 2003:
Yeah the ony reason I would keep the '03 is because my teller's usually don't have those to offer me. I ony have 1 2003 $100 * and it is a DB*. $100 stars in circulation are actually common in general. But if you think about it, that might be one of the few reasons to keep a common example; everyone will spend them and not as many people will hoard them so in the future they could be rare. Who knows. It's pretty much a coin flip. -tbud
gbroke: just a little food for thought....most collectors of high denom stars of modern issue notes would prefer Gems or CHCU notes..I know I do. The premium lessens quite quickly as the notes shows wear/handling. The folds exhibited on the Atlanta $100 are center fold and corner folds. Looks like the center has been folded several times and the corner is to the point of a crease...I would not expect much on this note at all to be honest with you. Maybe $10-$15 to the right guy looking for an EF note. Just my 2 bucks worth.
Thank you RickieB. I am actually surprised that it would possibly be worth $10-$15 over face to someone. Your observations on the folds and creases are accurate for sure. I have wanted to have a star note from circulated finds for each denomination ($1-$100), so I suppose this one is not a bad choice to keep for that purpose. If I have to spend it, I won't lose sleep over it. Thanks for the response.
I have to agree with Rickie on this one. I generally only keep ChCu or better $100 stars unless it is from a limited run or something else to make it more desireable. Plus, it's only worth a little over face as Rickie mentioned as well. Hold it if you can, but if not then I wouldn't worry about putting it back into circulation.
Now I have discovered and kept a 2009A series star note starting with LA 097…..*. However on this particular note, the word ‘tin’ is stamped perfectly and uniformly out towards the center right margin of the note. tin is stamped slightly to the right of the grey 100, center right side over the green stamp emblem. Does this ‘tin’ stamp have any significance in its value?
To most people it’s costly but to me I’d keep them. Regardless of condition Zi’ve never spent a star note that I’ve come in contact with. I have several thousand at face value. Some are nasty, some are worn out, some are just off of the press but I have them all.
