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The series run started at I 044 80001 A
Go all the way to the bottom of the page and it gives a Series Statistics table

Edit: Sorry, Run started at I 025 60001 A

 

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I guess I didn't realize that these serials continued from the previous series because I didn't pay attention to the Series Summary. To be honest, I won't be buying this teller anything. Most other customers refuse to accept older notes so basically, I am doing her a favor by taking any older notes off of her hands.

This is very interesting to read. This series and district had even fewer notes printed than I had initially realized.

 

Wow, This customer definitely takes old notes, I just bought a bunch of $10 Gift cards and gave them to all the tellers who have given me old notes or other "collectables". I want them to remember me so they stash all the good stuff in their drawer till i come in again. Like anything else, a few bucks invested now could pay back in spades.

 

I really don't want bank tellers to get into the habit of saving "goodies" for me, anyway. I'm back in town for Christmas, next week I'll be back up at my university so it's for the best I don't encourage them to hoard cool notes for me. I see what you're saying though, and if my situation was different I would be more open to giving them something in return.

Btw, I bought a strap of Mint CU and consecutive 2009 $1 notes that has a serial range of D80424801C to 900C. One of the notes has a serial number of D80424804C. Is this or any other note from the strap worth keeping?

 

D80424804C is a bookend note

 

I'm a bit late in posting but here are my results from searching 49,400 singles in 2012:

1963-1 (I-A)
1963A-2 (G-B, K-C)
1963B-2 (B-H, L-G)
1969-1 (G-D)
1969B-1 (J-A)
1969C-1 (G-C)
1969D-1 (B-A)
1974-3 (B-G, L-BH)
1977-1 (I-A)
1977A-8 (A-D, H-C,L-Gx2Hx2Jx2)
1981-7 (B-C, C-C, E-C, F-AE, L-AF)
1981A-4 (L-*CEF)
1985-17 (B-C, C-ABC, D-A, E-Dx2L, F-K, L-BHLx2PRTx2)
1988-7 (E-EG, G-AE, K-A, L-DE)
1988A-56 (B-Cx2ESWx2, E-CEFHKPx3, F-BDHLPW, G-*AGHKPQx2V, H-BC, I-Gx2Ix2J, J-BCD, K-E, L-CDx2Gx3Jx2KNx2PQTWY)
1993-24 (B-Bx2DEx2Fx2,D-A, F-D, G-BC, K-E, L-BCDEx2FHIx2Jx2Kx4)
1995-230 (A-EIM, B-Ax3Bx2DEGH(Web)KLx2Mx2PQx4Rx3SUVWx2Y, C-*ABD, D-Ex2Fx2Gx2HJx3Kx3Mx3Nx2Px3Q, E-BCEGKMPx2Qx2RS, F-EHMNQTV, G-DEx3GHJx2LMNPx5Q, H-EFx3Gx4IJ, I-*ABCFx5Gx4Hx2Jx6Kx5Lx2, J-BEx2Hx3KLMx4NPx2QRx4STx2, K-Ax2BCE(nearly CU condition)FGx2Ix2Jx2KLx2Mx2, L-AEFx3GHJx3Kx2RLx3Mx3Nx2Px5Qx3S(DC printing)TUx4Vx6Wx11Xx5(1 FW 295 error), Yx3)

142 Stars
1981A L-*
1988A G-*
1995 C-*, I-*
1999 A-*, C-*,L-*x2
2001 L-*
2003 B-*, G-*x3, K-*x2
2003A C-*x10, E-*x2, F-*x9, J-*x3, K-*x2
2006 B-*x4, D-*, F-*x12, G-*x36, J-*x7, K-*x16, L-*x8
2009 A-*x7, B-*x7, D-*, L-*x2

2 notes from uncut sheets: 1981 E-C and 2006 E-A

I found the 1969C during the last few days of December so I have now found an example of every $1 FRN series from 1963-present. Interestingly, I found an example of every FRN series last year except 1969A. I have a feeling my searching will be greatly curtailed this year as I've moved and am busy attending a university full-time and will only be able to search for a few months during the summer. I also plan to do some traveling within that time frame so... Anyway, here are scans of some of my noteworthy finds from December:

 

Found these in a strap tonight. This was once an uncut sheet. Sad.

 

Wow, just wow.

 

So, if somebody would enlighten me, since I don't do a heck of a lot in paper, but I do keep older dates and star notes, What is that you guys are doing? Buying a stack of money at face, or asking a bank teller for old cash, or what is it that you're doing?

 

It's like coin roll hunting with notes. Pay face value, search, and return what you don't want.

 

You are correct, I'm looking thru straps for star notes, errors, and what is known as fancy serial numbers. Sometimes you get lucky and find a nice old note that somebody had been hanging onto for years but cashed in. Some guys like to collect every block from every district maybe for every year printed. Strap hunting is one way to fill in a collection with an occasional extra ordinary find.

 

Ok, I get it. Yeah, as a student with very little income, the best that I do is look for fancy serials in cash I do get, and usually pull bills out of circulation after a particular number of years. I have a A 18888785 B (1995 Ten), a FB 0041978* (2003A Five), a F 89978999 K (2006 One), and even bills as old as 1981.

Since I'm here, I have one note I wonder if it is of interest. its a One with serial E 8254 5248 A (2006). It's the same four numbers, just re-arranged. I think it's cool, so even if there's no premium, I'm keeping it, but I am curious.

 

I wonder what the odds are of finding a solid serial in circulation are!

 

I went to my local bank today and asked if they had any older notes, silver certs, etc. They said that they rarely get older stuff, and when they do, they don't do anything special. No throwaway pile or anything... Perhaps I'll have to find a teller to watch out for things for me.

On a positive note, my grandparents own a bookstore, and I asked them to keep an eye out for anything interesting in the register, which they heartily agreed to do! Now all I have to do is wait!

 

My latest radar find.

 

There are rare notes out there. It's about patience and luck. I have checked about $5,000 in ones from straps in the past month or two, and I have not found a single star note, web note, repeater or radar. Someone must have searched them before, because that is pretty unlucky. Oddly enough, the straps came from different banks.

I checked 5 or 6 different banks before I came to the one in the south bay area in a town called Los Gatos. One of the tellers told me she had just sent in a stack of $100 FRBNs (brown seals) to the Fed a few weeks before I had arrived. She said she had no idea anyone wanted them. I knew this was the right spot - it's a wealthy little town with a lot of history. I was disappointed about the FRBNs and asked for a stack of twos so as not to leave empty handed. Among that stack, I found a 1953C $2 US Note (red seal) pictured below. It's funny that she had no idea it was even in her drawer.

I returned about two months later and talked up a different teller at the same bank. He had a bunch of old FRNs stashed. He explained that the had them in his drawer for over a year now, and no one wanted them, thinking they were counterfeit. I gladly took them all.

My haul is below:

- 1934 $50 lime seal
- (2) 1934 $100 lime seals (VF and VG)
- 1950 $100 FRN
- 1950A $100 FRN
- 1981 $50
- 1953C $2

The $20 repeater came from an ATM withdrawal actually. That's all about luck.

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In San Jose, a teller gave out a 1928 $1 US Note in pretty rough shape to the guy in front of me. The teller asked him "I have this one, do you want it?" and he said yes. I was ****ed! I offered to buy it from him for $50, but he declined - saying he wanted to research it first.



At another bank in a town called Lafayette, I talked up a teller who told me of a lady who came to him to exchange a 1928 $500 Gold Certificate for hundreds. Only 59 are known to the census The teller described it as "mint" condition. He tried to exchange it with her so he could keep it, but he didn't have $500 in cash. He knew that if he took money from the drawer, he'd get fired. He asked her to return in a few hours during lunch, but she never came back.

After I told him it was worth $25,000+, I think he regretted not taking a chance with the money in the drawer. Ha.



My suggestions are

1. Go to banks in isolated towns
2. Go to banks in wealthy suburbs that have been established for at least 100 years
3. Stop searching straps and have the tellers do the work for you
4. Talk up tellers and let them know you're into collecting. The second time I went to that Los Gatos branch, I brought with me a few notes to get them interested as well, and to show them what is out there. I had a few large size notes, some small size notes from a variety of seal colors, and a fractional to boot.
5. Don't stress the value of the notes so much, but do give the tellers some kind of incentive to give these to you. You don't want them pocketing them instead. To the teller who gave me the old lime FRNs above, I told him to call me if he got anything cool and I would treat him to lunch.

Good luck!

 

I found a 2006 F00000060Q in circulation a few months back. Sold it on eBay for $56.

 

Thanks or the inspiration, Funkee! This was very helpful information. I'll start trying some of these techniques and I'll keep you updated on my finds!

 

Found a $1 Series 1977 from Minneapolis while working at a concession stand today! My oldest circulation find!

 

Stripey its only a matter of time before you'll find a note in circulation like this one. I'll find a few stars from the '63-'69 series a year but next to never from anything from the '74 or '77 series. Keep up the hunt

:cheers: