Nope -- '34D $5 SCs were produced from Q-A block through V-A. 2nd largest printing after the 1934A series. Yours is a Wide I note, if I'm not mistaken. A few varieties in this series.
Nope, these went from A-A all the way to Z-A and then to A-B! 2.6 billion of these printed all told - which is why they can be had for as little as $1.10 per. What you might be thinking of is the 1935A Experimentals. They had a red 'R' or 'S' slightly below and to the right of the treasury seal. Those are hard to miss. The 1928A/B Experimentals are tougher to detect - X-B, Y-B, and Z-B blocks are experimental on those notes.
So on the experimental notes the test note letters are Red? Are the 1928 test notes only on $1 bills? Thanks for help by the way. Getting ready to sell a bunch of generic notes. Don't want to give away a good valuable note!
Yes and yes. Smart move -- Perhaps look into getting a copy of the 'Standard Guide of Small Size U.S. Paper Money' by Schwartz and Lindquist. Some blocks of otherwise common notes are scarce, and desirable to the right collector.
Well I think I have that on my ipad, didn't even remember that until you said something. I was just using the Redbook of United States Currency, 4th edition by Ken Bressett, doesn't give a lot of information, just general. Totally forgot I downloaded that book when my wife bought her first note. She's the bill collector, but only wants to buy stuff, not learn! So that means I get to learn and make sure she doesn't over pay on something. We have like 120+ Red Seal $2 notes and some $1 silver certs I'm going through because I talked her into having, fewer notes, but nicer notes. She agreed with me(amazing!) so I'm just trying to go through everything and see if there's a diamond in the rough... and there's lots of rough!! Here's what I've went through so far, the front pile is what I'm keeping, the back will be on eBay after the first of the year.... talk about a second job Alright, thanks, I guess it is quite obvious. lol
Wow, that's a lot of culling the herd! I've been there too, necessary once in a while. I've found that listing notes in groups on eBay tends to work much better than individual listings for common notes, like 1935-57 SCs and later LT. Just put up $20 or so in face at a time - and it will save you some time and effort too.
