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nice red seal in that strap LSM!

 

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Thank slamster17! The notes ranged from 1928 C to 1963 A. No starr notes or fancy numbered notes.

Lou

 

Nice get

 

Now that's fun!!! Sweet find.

 

Thanks guys! Right place at the right time. Just luck and it can happen to any of you.

Lou

 

Wow! Congrats!

 

well I wish I could have found something like but I found something that was good today I got 2 packs of $2 bills and found a 1963 $2 bill was in good condition for its age and found a 1995 star note and 2 wheresgeorge bills

 

I picked a kind of nice SN from circulation today.

I was remarkably lucky to get this in flawless condition from a cashier with fresh notes in her drawer:

$5 Series 2006 SN: IJ 70004404 A (Fort Worth)

 

Found a 1963 Barr Star Note $1 bill yesterday in a pack

 

I haven't been strap searching since September. I've been CRH'ing but decided to start getting singles when I dump my coins. Found this radar today: 2006 B12677621B

The top of the note got cutoff during the scan but I am at work and I can imagine the weird looks I'll get if someone walks up on me when scanning paper money on our big Xerox machine.

 

Nice find Moonshine!

 

Found my first "fancy" serial.
1999 $1 E87177777D

 

1953C star $2 If anyone can help finding more info the names are I would appreciate it. Hoping that its the famous Hummel maker but not holing my breath.

 

Was going thru a pack of $2 bills and found my very first birthday note 06032008 I forget what the letter blocks were

 

that red seal $2 is really cool noost!

 

Thanks. Kindof upset me a little about the writing, but still happy to find.

 

I'm full of regret over my last bank visit -- I was there to buy a bunch of half dollars (which turned out to contain nothing interesting), but the teller who helped me was bundling a big stack of bills. I saw a very old, very worn $2 on top of one stack, and a very old, very worn $50 on top of another.

My question: what should someone who knows nothing about paper money do in a situation like that? I felt bad not grabbing them, but I don't know what to look for, and I wouldn't know what to do with them if I got them. Anybody know of a good primer for the note-spotter? (I don't really want to take up another collecting hobby, but I'd hate to miss an opportunity to get something good for face value...)

 

that's the key.....face value. Next time buy it, post a pic here and it if is of no worth, you've lost nothing....you can still spend it. It is a no lose transaction!!!!!

Basically, anything with a different color seal will be worth something to some collector, as a general rule of thumb. But if it is really old, it may have value even if it is a green seal.

 

I don't search so much as just pull a note here and there if it catches my eye...
I got 4 red seal $2s from the bank the other day, but they all had 'issues' of one kind or another, so I put them back into circulation.

I was at the flea market one weekend last month and saw a 1928 $100 bill in circulation.
It was VERY nice and clean, and the holder offered it to me for face, but I don't have that kind of dough to sit on that big a note.
We looked up the value, and if memory serves, it was like $112 retail... if you can find anyone to pay retail.

 

Got a pack of uncirculated $2 bills and hit it big. I got bills with the serial numbers starting with my birthyear how often does that happen