Official "almost" paper money thread

I didn’t notice it was a repeater, my bad.

 

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2122 2122 and binary. I thought that had value.
But I doubt there's anyone here (B and M stores) that are interested. So what do I do with it?

 

Put it on eBay...what else!

 

Hard to get much of a premium when the bill's face value is already high. Even harder to come out ahead on eBay, where they'll charge you ~15% of the final value, including the face value.

I once sold a $20 on eBay that had (IIRC) six 8's in the serial, with five of them consecutive. (Good luck for someone with Chinese heritage.) I think after fees and postage I netted something like $5 profit. If it had been a $50, I probably would've had a net loss.

 

it's only 50 bucks - keep it

 

I am not set up to sell on Ebay. (Sellers store, PayPal (fees), photos, postage/insurance, Ebay fees, returns) it doesn't seem to be worth the trouble any more. Yes I could keep it and with inflation, by the time I spend it, it will be worth half or less of the value today.
I watch a YT channel, and the guy keeps claiming these $1 star notes (not rare and not uncirculated) bring $5 each. I find that hard to believe. And then I come across something that is supposed to have value, but who is buying them?

 

No, he may be right. But what if that serial means "the bill is worth $4 more", and not "the bill is worth 5 times as much"? With no friction, buying something for $50 and then selling it for $54 is great. With selling fees/taxes/overhead, not so much.

 

Almost almost 888888 $100. Can't hold a hundred right now so it's off to buy food.

 

Yeah, "lucky 8s" can get a premium, but not on a $100. At least, not enough to make it worthwhile trying to sell it. (I sold a $20 with six consecutive 8s on eBay a few years back. After fees and postage, I made a bit less than $5 profit.)

 

That's what I thought. I sold some $2s with 8s an few years ago. Not really worth the time.

 

My thoughts are, the best way to sell any of these types of 'lucky ' repeating numbers is to go to your local Chinatown and try to offload them in person to someone.

 

Chinatown? Is that an ancient Chinese secret, huh?

 

The "Chinatown" near me would not be safe.

 

Somehow, the idea of going to a part of a city where I don't speak the language, and waving a $100 bill around... doesn't really appeal.

 

Jeez, nobody here goes to their Chinatown for dinner? In NYC it's an attraction for us. Go, have dinner, ask the proprietor if they're interested. Easy peasy. Or go to one of the local businesses and shop there.

I'm not advocating walking around the street waving the money around, wearing a sandwich board advertising the deal.

My suggestion was as such because I know the Asian community covets lucky numbers on money. They even have a holiday in which they hand out red envelopes to children with money in it to offer good luck. They do this for the Chinese New Year. Which, by the way, is coming soon. Like today! But it runs for a month, from January 21st till February 20th.

So my suggestion wasn't a wanton disregard for safety. See what I did there

 

I have the best Chinese place 2 miles from me in a strip mall and it’s nowhere near Chinatown.

 

What would a dollar with serial numbers 33111122 be worth?

 

$1

 

Ugh! Go to the back of the line Mister....
$1 at McD's dollar menu if that still exists??

 

It’s ness as t but it’s but it’s only worth a dollar. No collector would pay extra for that note. Welcome to CT.