2004 a star note value

I was doing some coin roll hunting . Then I got $88 in change (4 $20 bills and a five and 3 ones . Is a 2004 A star note worth anything. Or just face value??

 

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This is confusing. First you need pictures, so we can determine conditiln, and what is the star note? its a 2004 A of what denomination? Then we can evaluate price.

 

use this and post pics
http://mycurrencycollection.com/reference/stars/lookup

 

i am sorry the bill is a $20 2004 a. i cant take pictures there is lots of wear on the center. but thanks for your time.

 

wear is not good... whats the serial number?

 

gb04227119

 

I think this is a common date for star notes, so worth face in its condition. Keep up the hunt!

 

Okay...

OP (Original Poster), ignore this and wait for an expert...

As xGAJx just posted:

Just wait for a currency expert to post, not a YN who just said he doesn't know what he is talking about.

 

Ok just yesterday you said and showed you don't know anything about paper money and now your giving a value on someone's find? OP I'd wait for some real experts to reply.

 

Dang windchill you post was just ahead of mine lol

 

Btw, Windchild, not Windchill

 

Sorry auto correct lol.

 

Well wait to see on the expert's then you may know I know what I'm talking about on value. I said I dont know much, but this is one thing I do know. Im just saying that I think my price evaluation (face) is exactley what it's worth.

 

Yeah and your price evaluation is a complete guess.

 

we all have our own opinions, i would personally pay a small premium for any star note as i collect them and i know many others do

 

Even though you folks may feel that xGAJx is not qualified to comment on value, he is correct about this note. Modern star notes only carry a premium if they are in Almost Uncirculated (AU) condition or better, or have a collectible serial number. Among modern notes, a good serial number will blow a gem uncirculated note out of the water in terms of collector's value. That's because it's common to find untouched notes from modern series.

Collectible serial numbers consist of repeaters (48484848), radars (12344321), low serials (00000005), solids (7777777) or ladders (12345678). Solids, ladders and low serials will fetch the highest premiums, even in rough condition. Although there are other serial numbers people collect such as binaries, semi-solid serials, 4-digit repeaters and birthday serials, buyers are limited and any premium found will be small at best.

I would say your note is a spender since you mentioned wear on the note. However, it always boils down to: If you like it, keep it. You don't have to sell it today. You don't ever have to sell it, in-fact. But if you find that you need cash down the road, I would probably start with that note.

 

I was just using this website for some of my star notes and found some great information but i noticed the site includes information for star notes 1981 and later, where can i find the earlier populations?

P.s. Looked up 1981A $5 San Francisco I have, mint condition, serial L00210961* site says only 16,000 1981A $5 stars were printed, quite exciting! Thanks again!

 

Why do you think that? Maybe I know what I'm talking about as the expert mentioned above.

as funkee said I agree. I must add birthday numbers, such as 08111983 are very popular, but hard to find a birthday number for your birthday. For those who dont know, 08111983= 08/11/1983 but it is not that valuable, since it is more personal.

 

From a run of 2,560,000 notes. In other words, pretty common and unlikely to command a premium in well-worn condition.

Wait, what? The 1981A $5 L..* was a run of 3,200,000 according to the data I've seen.... A printage total of 16,000 stars would be extremely tiny by modern standards; the only one I'm aware of in the past few decades is the 1981 $5 A..*. (A few collector-only printings were as small or smaller, but those are a different thing....)

 

I think he might have mixed up the 1981A series and 1981 series A* block.