I just found a $20 star note reading EA 09910920* with B59 in the upper right corner...I'm obviously a coin guy (forgive me).... the note is a 2004 series, it is crisp but has been folded down the center (not severely). Would you guys save this?
http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2004_v.html is helpful for how many would be available. I would keep it as its not alot of $$ tied up.
i would also keep it. $20 is a fair amount of money for alot of folks, but if you need to spend it down the road it is legal tender
Thanks for the responses! What an interesting link, if I interpreted it correctly, the probability of pulling that note (of the same run/diff. ser. #) is 1/22.5?????
$20 star not uncirculated My freshman year at college, I went to the Wells Fargo ATM at my schools sport complex, no ATM fees since I am with WF, pull out 60 dollars, notice they are all crisp and have stars, quickly pull out another 240 so $300 of uncirculated $20 dollars, do the same the next day, to bad that i did not get connectors to them, and could not pull out more, but... $600 in uncirculated stars all consecutive with small gap between $300. Forgot their what district, but safe to say they are put away. One could say $60/piece, should get them graded(been thinking about it). I know it depends ont district to determine value, just a nice find, will never get that lucky again, the last time I got that lucky, was the teller telling me he had 4 1934 series A $20 dollar notes with green seal, I was in high school at that time. I know PCGS is now grading paper money, should i go with them or go with CGA http://www.cganotes.com/ I know they are legit as I have seen their stuff at many shows.
PCGS and CGa are both reputable grading firms for paper money. Which you choose would depend on how you feel each grades.
Spend it quick on gas, or here we go again! Spend it quick on gas, or here we go again! If you spend it right now on gas for your car and don't have to drive it for a month that's the best you will ever do in regards to appreciating any value.
as far as I know when I pulled them out of the ATM the were GC UNC and are still that way. I would say they are anywhere from $60 to $100 according to Oakes and Schwartz Standard Guide to U.S Paper Money
GC would be 2004A notes from Philadelphia district. Sites I'm looking at show that no star notes were printed for that series and district.
dont show any printed here either for the GC/* block. Is the GC you mentioned the prefix, or a typo for something else?
when I said GC UNC I meant Gem Crisp Uncirculated, I do not know what district they are, do not feel like digging them out of the floor safe too much too move to do that right now. Sorry for the confusion.
lol tis no problem. at least the mystery is solved If you ever do dig them out, would be cool to know the district
I can agree with that posistion and also disagree. if the intention is to keep notes in your collection and not sell, then i might agree with you. But if the intention is to sell, you 'might' realize larger premiums with gradded notes. Lets be honest, more folks out there buy the plastic, and look to the plastics grade and bid accordingly. Also, alot of people who do grade for themsleves, prefer the notes in plastic slabs for protection ect. even if they dont care what the grade is. So a seller might reach a larger audience if the note is graded.
