Hi. Someone Told Me That Certain Secratary Names On The Bills Can Be Rare/Valuable. Is This True? What Else Can Make A Bill Valuable?
Asking abouit a specific bill or coin is one thing, but asking for an in-depth analysis of how to evaluate banknotes is something else entirely. My young friend, you really need to visit your local public library and take a look at the Standard Catalog of Paper Money, the Standard Catalogs of World Coins, and all the other wonderful material on numismatics that they will have in the reference section. You really can't expect the members of this forum to spoon feed you all of the information that fills several feet of shelf space at even the smallest of libararies.
What Roy is trying to say is that your local library has plenty of information on the topic, as well as pricing guides, grading guides, and more info. Learning about it from there will provide you with a lot to do, and will allow you to learn more than we on here can teach you. Books will provide not only text info but pictures, price guides, graded coin pictures, etc. and that way, you can learn better. For your info, bills are valuable from a number of factors - the signatures you refer to are just one of them. Condition, face value, year of printing, errors, etc. can also make a note more valuable. It's just like coins, except with paper instead of metal. Roy was right, check out the paper money guide and world coin guide, and you can have a lot of fun looking up your coins and notes right in your own home! AJM
I think John Bowden Connally is one of those signatures. He was with JFK when he was assassinated. I have a $20 star note with his name on it that's worth a couple hundred
they were valuable when they were first released because Barr wasn't in office very long. Because of this one variable, people wanted their hands on these bills. Little did they know... they produced a significant amount of these bills and in turn the value dropped a lot. Though... they are still cool to have. I think i have two and that's enough for me.
Barr was in office less than a month, but Barr notes were issued for nearly a year. Actually, other $1 notes were issued for less time, 1969A being an example. Another interesting tidbit is that the office of Treasuer was vacant when Barr notes were issued, so the combination Granahan-Barr was imaginary.
Most series of older notes - 1899 $1.00 Black Eagles, and 1917 $1.00 and $2.00 Legal Tender- JUST FOR INSTANCE- have certain signature combinations that are more valuable than others. The modern notes change series with every new Secretary and Treasurer, unlike the older notes. The length of time a Secretary or Treasurer is in office has NOTHING to do with how long or how many notes were printed . Barr notes are relatively scarcer than their 1963, 63-A and subsequent counterparts, but are by no means rare. Almost HALF a BILLION Barr notes were printed. There are some DISCTRICT and LETTER COMBINATIONS (The first and last letters in the serial number.) that some specialty collectors covet. Some of these have an extra premium. Anything in less than CU (Crisp Uncirculated) have minimal value.
Coinlover,as the old saying goes,'Seek & ye shall find'.That is what we experienced collectors always did when we first started out,& we are still learning about new things.There is no way even an experienced collector can know everything,as it is impossible to know everything.That is just human nature. Aidan.
