I love my teller!!!

This is my first attempt as using PhotoBucket to post picures online, so let me know if it turns out. Sorry about quality, nothing I can do for you there.

I'm pretty sure the pictures speak for themselves.:yes:


The only thing there I actually picked up is the 1950D D-B. I plan to pickup all of the $20's, all of the $50's, the top $100 bill in the picture of $100's, and the 2 near consecutive $100's. I told her to spend all of those old $100's (except the 3 obviously) even though most were AU+ from '81-'90 (mostly '85).

Not bad, ayy?

 

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Okay now that I see the pictures, I realize that people will probably not be able to tell about the "top $100". It's an XF-AU (hard call) 1985 $100 J-*! And in such good condition! Another note to point out, well actually 2, are the 1969 $50 L-A and 1990 $50 B-*.

 

Those are some pretty nice finds. I especially like the 1985 J-* and 1969 notes. It is too bad you can't afford to keep more of those old hundreds, they all look to be in fantastic condition. I was actually handed a 1990 $100 B-A note the other day from a bank without asking. This is the second time within the last year that this has happened and at the same bank as well. Last year I was up in Oregon and was handed a 1990 $100 H-A note without asking for any old bills.

Btw, I am happy to see that you are able to post bigger and better pictures now. They have much improved from the time that you were only able to post small pictures.

 

Yes, 1990 $100's seem for me to be extremely common. It seems as if my teller always has stacks of old $100's from '74-'90. I have to tell her to spend them all the time. You'd be surprised. I just think a lot of people are dipping in their cash savings during this economy...

 

While the pics are bigger, they are still blurry (shaky) and we can't see both sides of the notes to talk about grades, let alone many of them are cropped preventing us from seeing even one full side in many of these shots. There's a lot more you could do so far as 'image quality' and presentation goes. So, I'll say it again, you need a scanner for imaging your notes, particularly since you can't hold your the camera (or camera phone?) still enough. No worries though, it's nothing one or two of those common spender $100s couldn't do for ya! Scanners are not expensive and will do wonders for sharing as well as documenting your paper money collection, whatever you collect, no matter the grades. :thumb:

 

He took the photo at the bank, probably couldn't bring a scanner in there...

 

Better be careful doing that!

Photography inside banks is if-y... Maybe not outright illegal(?), but one has got to be careful with what yer doing taking pics in a bank. However, none of this changes the idea that tbud still needs to get a scanner for imaging his notes-- they're shaky no matter where he's shooting them and these comments piggyback to past threads with similar image quality where the same suggestions were offered.

 

I see nothing. It always seems like the lottery to me.

 

Banks are duly picky about photographs taken in their lobbies etc. There is one particular National Bank that was built in 1925 that I would love to photograph the art deco era lobby of. I asked politely and went up through the pyramid of command with my request and was denied. The lobby is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, lots of marble, bronze and obviously the bank spared no expense when it was built. I studied architecture as a side project in school and am always taken with wonderful decours.

 

I like the J star note and would probably try and get that one for sure if I were you. I think I need to find a new teller. Mine hasn't found "anything" in the past month and a half. I don't think she looks through bills anymore once I passed up on a couple beat up ones. That's my fault though.

 

Nice notes aside, I think the real winner here is you were actually able to take photos at the bank. Really amazing stuff Travis!

 

I had that experience. I took photos anyway. But the most amazing lobby is the Williamsburg Saving Bank on Flatbush and Hanson Place (which no longer is a bank).

 

http://queernewyorkblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/williamsburgh-savings-bank-pretty-on.html

 

One that is still a bank, dynamic in its stout structure and design, also nearby in Brooklyn, is the old Dime Savings bank on the Fulton Mall. It's now a Chase branch. This bank has quite amazing interiors, plus there are enormous Mercury Dime decorations all around the interior roof line which match the theme of the old bank's name. The customer service desks are centrally located in the main floor space and they are encircled with famous banking quotations on wealth and debt. Chase barely operates a half of the retail portion of the interior of this bank which must have once been a much more bustling hub in downtown Brooklyn before digital banking came along.

Dime Savings Bank > Brooklyn

 

Somewhat. But the real driver of business down there was the three enormous department stores, and the 5 HUGE movie palaces, including the Abbey which was right across the street from the Dime. (aside from Bootleg liquor )

 

Yes Krispy, my pictures suck. Are you some kind of rule enforcer or something? Want to turn in the teller that allowed me to take some close up shots of a couple bills on her counter even though I've known her for 10 years and I know every single person that works in the bank and they all know me? Tell me, do you click on my posts to put down my pictures or to actually interact with my finds? Did I ask for grades or value? No. I'm just showing what my teller got me to the half of the people on this forum who actually enjoy circulation finds like this. You're not obviously part of that half. Why don't you go be helpful over on the new acquisitions thread. The pictures show up clear as day on my iPhone, and look even better on my computer, then turn crappy on this site. Not my fault.

 

I work at a bank as a teller and old 100's like that in the 70's 80's and 90's are actually pretty common. 50's as well.

 

$50 and $100 star notes are fairly common as well I have a few in my teller drawer right now and always seem to come across them

 

Tbud, The advice I gave you about photography in banks is valid and sound. It doesn't matter how long you've known your teller, many banks have policies about photography in banks. You'll be better off to simply keep the idea in mind that many banks have 'no photography' rules in place for good reasons. I put it out there to remind, not just you, but others reading this thread as well, that using a photographic device in a bank can draw some unwanted attention. The same delicate souls who are likely to be embarrassed for being admonished in a bank by a security guard for taking photos are just as likely to run to a public forum afterwards and beg for sympathy and condolences while missing the point of the warning they got for their actions.

I know you're amongst the contingent of folks in these forums who meets constructive criticism with resistance and that some of these ideas are a challenge for you to accept but as I said, the advice is not just directed at you... however, you still need a scanner as your pics will improve for sharing them on a forum where there are collectors reading posts about the topics appearing here. iPhone pics may look okay on a low resolution hand held device, as may their full resolution image files look better on your desktop computer before the file size is auto-rescaled, and image resolution lowered when uploaded through the forum. Photobucket has less file size reduction than CT does, so the image may appear better, though, as I said, the way you've cropped images and the slight camera shake, as well as not showing notes full face/back (which is something other collectors like to see, and use when considering grades) is lacking for want of what you perceived to be better pictures, particularly of these harshly circulated notes. If your playing catch and release your not really a collector and these notes are not really yours. You may as well also be visiting coin shops or coin shows and trying to take some pictures of other peoples collections that are notable for condition, grades, the SNs you like and so on. When you put something up on the forum, its not just for this or that "half" of the readers. You are bound to get all sorts of unsolicited comments and thoughts on what you offer for others to read and view. That is something you have to contend with and decide if you can handle discussing prior to posting. Your images have improved for hosting them on another site but there is more that can be done, hence the reiteration of the scanner suggestion you've been given before and here again.