Awesome group of mismatched SN $5's

Hey gang!

I picked up 10(?!?!) of these today. The person I bought them from said that his father worked in the PX at a military base in the 70's and they happened to get a pack of these with mismatched SN's. This gentleman father and a couple of buddies exchanged the money they had in their wallets for a few of the notes before their boss noticed the errors and sent the rest of the pack back to the bank... where it was either bought by the tellers or sent back to the FED and destroyed.

I was however happy to get 3 sequential groups of 2 notes each and 4 singles.

I thought they were neat and wanted to share.

 

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very cool notes. look like they are in great condition. i assume you will be sending them out to be graded. nice pickup :thumb:

 

Those are cool and I know I dont' know how they print the bills but it just seems like something that shouldn't be able to happen....

Thanks for sharing them

 

Wow, I wonder what a mismatched serial pack would sell for. Nice find!

 

I was thinking of that myself.

 

sweet find and very very cool

 

Nifty!

Low and high observed serials on this mismatch are 36138136 and 36139980, only 1845 serials apart. All of the pictured notes fall within that range; do the four singles you mentioned fall within that range as well?

 

Very nice Matt, thanks for sharing.

The 70's and 80's were banner decades for BEP errors.

 

very nice Matt, if you sell a pair with matching mismatches, try that five times fast, does it exponentially kick the value up? like a mated pair of error coins?

 

Honestly I don't know. I've never had a pair like this before... I guess only time will tell.

 

Why would the boss notice the error ?

Few people would unless collectors

 

The same thing crossed mind but that was the story I was given... So well just assume that's what happened.

 

Ha, you guys ever been to a PX? The managers are usually ex military or military spouse and very detail oriented....they don't miss much and tend to be involved in every phase of management.

 

I dont have many bills... Just about 60 various (almost everything is under 25 bucks) foriegn bills. I have no idea why this bill is an error. Help?

 

Wow Matt! That is incredible.

Each bill has the serial number in two spots. They do not match on these bills.

 

Oh wow, thats cool. How in the world does this happen, and how much does a example like what LostDutchman has goes for?(ballpark)

 

With error notes, the price range tends to vary at auctions. In uncirculated condition, I have seen mismatched $1 silver certificates sell for $300-$600 each. I don't recall seeing too many $5 notes. If you have sequential notes with mismatched serials, the resale value per note usually increases. However, with lots, the price per note goes down because of volume. Since not all notes are sequential, if you sold the whole lot, you would probably get about the same as if you sold them one at a time. It's hard to put a figure on it, but I would ball park at $500 each. Although everyone says this, I think it's most applicable here: Ultimately it will be worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

 

Got the grades back today.

 

you got some pretty decent grades. it's a shame they weren't all graded in the 60's

 

Nice set of grades, the 65PPQ is especially nice.