Why don't I ever find anything.

Discussion in 'Paper Money' started by Detecto92, Jul 9, 2012.

  1. tbudwiser

    tbudwiser Active Member

    Yes, I myself have gone through $1,000 per day for a week! Sometimes even more! Keep in mind that going to rural town not so much populated give you (usually) a higher success rate at finding goodies. Good luck!
     
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  3. Lehigh96

    Lehigh96 Toning Enthusiast

    Could have fooled me!
     
  4. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

    Today one of my tellers had this waiting for me:

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    But she kept the Series 1963 $5 Red Seal for herself. She is just too much of a collector for my good - but I appreciate that she collects stuff herself.
     
  5. Clint

    Clint Member

    Gresham's Law.
     
  6. kookoox10

    kookoox10 ANA #3168546

    Discouragement could possibly be the worst thing that could happen to a numismatist. Don't give up man.
     
  7. jensenbay

    jensenbay Well-Known Member

    I was offered a $100 and $50 from 1934 today. They were beat up, and I don't have $150 for that now, so I passed. It's out there.
     
  8. NOS

    NOS Former Coin Hoarder

    Even if I couldn't afford to keep them I would have bought them and then spent them somewhere. About 6 or 7 years ago I asked my aunt and uncle to keep an eye out for any old notes that they came across in circulation. They found a $10 note from 1995 and offered it to me. Unfortunately, the note was fairly used and had writing on it so I passed on buying it from them. They never had another old note to show me again. By declining to buy those two notes from your source they may now feel discouraged from keeping and offering you old notes again in the future.
     
  9. 10gary22

    10gary22 Junior Member

    Same with coins. If you wanna find something, you gotta keep searching. If a coin is one in 10 million, you figure to look at at least 10 million to get one. But you really probably need to look at 20-30 million. Rare, is just that...........rare. Hard to find. Truthfully, you may look for years and years without finding anything at all, but once you hit on one of those treasures, it's all worth it !

    gary
     
  10. largecent37

    largecent37 Coin Collector

    Sorry Detecto that's rotten luck. One year I found no wheat cents in my change. Just gotta seek out your treasure (i.e. banks).
     
  11. jensenbay

    jensenbay Well-Known Member

    I may go back and get the $50.
     
  12. jensenbay

    jensenbay Well-Known Member

    I picked up the $50 today. The $100 was gone.

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  13. JCB1983

    JCB1983 Learning

    So what are we looking for in rare notes? Low serial numbers? What is a start note? Is there a book on error notes? I'd like to invest and give it a try once.
     
  14. MEC2

    MEC2 Enormous Member

    That's the tough part about collecting 50 and 100 notes - so much of the cost is tied up in the face value it can be expensive to collect. I collect 1928-1934 small size limes stars and other interesting notes but generall nothing over 20 because of the cost of investing where the collectible value might go up but the value of the investment of the face value simply goes down (thanks Washington D.C. !!!)
     
  15. ikandiggit

    ikandiggit Currency Error Collector

    There is a catalog for error notes:

    http://www.amazon.com/United-States-Paper-Money-Errors/dp/0896897141

    Here's a list of some of the sites that list errors and collectible banknotes:

    http://usrarecurrency.com/
    http://www.executivecurrency.com/
    http://www.treasuredstocks.com/currency/error-notes/frn-error.html
    http://coolserialnumbers.com/
     
  16. coinrookie85

    coinrookie85 Member

    i work with cash 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, i cant even explain the volume of money i look at...i havent found a silver certificate in like a year, and i lucked out with a couple cool serial numbers and some 1963 b series but im sure they arent even worth much as of yet
     
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