$100 Star Note Question

Meh. That's more wishful thinking that ties up funds that could be better invested in things for your collection already showing a positive direction with regards to holding a premium, that are under-valued and currently ignored by other collections and possibly things from emerging areas trending among collectors. If all you are looking for is something of value that you can say is worth more than face that you can get for face value currently, then ask yourself why everyone else isn't doing it and why there isn't a demand limiting access to these things. And why isn't there a premium out there for it now, rather than a supposed 80-year wait for your return on investment. Age alone doesn't increase collectibles' values. Rarity and demand for rare items, and peoples willingness and access to possess such things drives premiums on some things, some of the time. The printages of $100-star notes from much earlier series were much less, and there were fewer people putting them away than there are of $100-star notes being printed today and for how many people are more aware of them and looking for such things to tuck away, without knowing whether there will ever be a future market for them, and one which would support much more of them in that market if it were ever to emerge.

 

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possibly things from emerging areas trending among collectors

That sounds as much like tying up funds for wishful thinking as saving a hundred dollar Star note to me... Besides, not everybody collects for the same reasons. If you're not interested in a note appreciating at an astronomical rate and just want want to have a nice, new Star note that only coat you face value then I say go for it...

You can get decent 1928 $100 Star Notes for $700... Doesn't seem like a great return considering they took almost a hundred years to be worth that much

 

Not really, trends are always happening and being part of something with attention and money moving in a market (trading hands for a collectible item) is much more lucrative than money sitting idle doing nothing with little to no interest for the next several decades. "Besides, not everybody..." blah blah blah, Has nothing to do with what I said earlier as I didn't tell someone what they can collect, but rather leveled with them on being overly optimistic with regards to value. Collect what you like, but don't expect others to agree on what you wish it would be worth. The point about using the money to buy something such as your 1928 $100-star note, is that the value is more protected by the market of collectors already historically shown to support the value in it, and buying a rarity now is more likely to return more on investment over time (or protect what you put into it) than something that is clearly not rare, that is, your current series $100-star worth face.

 

Some $100 star notes in miniscule runs (160,000) need less than 20 years to achieve lofty values. This example is a rare example of the supply being much less than the collectors demand. Finding a 1996 $100 Cleveland star note in uncirculated condition is tough. I bought this over seven years ago, and haven't seen another since then.



And judging by the Heritage archives, uncirculated examples come up for auction about every 10 years. http://currency.ha.com/c/search-res...Nty=1&Ntt=Fr.2175-D*&ic4=KeywordSearch-071515