Sorry I do not have photos and paper money is not my thing. I was visiting one of my local shops yesterday and the owner showed me two consecutive number 1923 silver certificates in about mid to high AU. I know that's not too uncommon, but these two notes are where the signatures changed. So two notes in order with two different sets of signatures. I know enough about paper money to get in trouble so figured I would ask here, is $300 within a reasonable retail price for these notes? Again, sorry for no photos, the owner of the shop isn't to fond of them.
Series of 1923 $1 Silver Certificate – Horse Blanket History: The $1 silver certificate from 1923 is the single most common piece of large size United States currency. Tens of millions of these were printed and they are around by the thousands today. There are essentially three types of 1923 $1 silver certificates: Signed By: Speelman & White (non-star serial number) – common Signed By: Speelman & White (star note) – semi-common Signed By: Woods & White (non-star serial number) – common Signed By: Woods & White (star note) – semi-common Signed By: Woods & Tate (non-star serial number) – semi-common Signed By: Woods & Tate (star note) – very rare On the high side I think. Depends on the signatures and condition of the bills. Interesting but not unique to peak my interest. I do collect paper, somewhat.
Thought i would throw my 2 cents in, if these notes were of a uncirculated variety maybe 66 or better might be a decent buy but being in A/U and being so common I would say no, if you could talk the guy down maybe $50 and try and make it a better deal your best option
If I understand correctly, what you're describing is a changeover pair (and not just individual notes) which is not especially common altho the individual notes are. Depending on the changeover sigs involved at $250-300 I would be tempted, especially if it was a WW to WT pair altho admittedly my experience with these is not current.
Yes, this is what he called them, they were not star notes but I can't recall the names on them. Thank you all for the advice.
They're significant. Think of it. This pair is a record of the point where the signatures chanced. Not exactly. The BEP ran different plates simultaneously for a while so there are multiple changeover pairs (just look on ebay) - both forward and backward pairs - but generally over a limited range of serials. So, they're not common at all and I do agree that they are scarce/significant and I'd love to have the chance to buy a pair for 300 even if I don't collect them.
Stlnats is right. I've read it was common up into the 1930's for plates with different series/signatures to be used simultaneously with each other. Essentially, it was the norm for consecutive notes to be found for some period of time with differing series/signatures until the older plates were used up. This link has some interesting information on grading 1923 $1 notes, by the way: http://www.antiquemoney.com/1923-1-silver-certificate-value/.
Yup it was common for different sig plates to be used. These horse blankets are cool to have but are abundent. Check this link out for sig combos and SN range. http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/s1923_s.html
