I recently sold off a lot of my "junk" currency collection and reinvested it into a couple nice notes. I want to focus on nicer pieces and have a smaller collection of items I can really enjoy, rather than a large collection of junk. Here are my recent pickups: 1896 $1 Educational Silver Certificate, Bruce-Roberts (more rare signatures), F-VF 1917 $1 Speelman-White, EF-AU
Richie - you are well on your way to sliding down a very slippery slope - the addiction of which is very difficult to undo.
I like them - nice notes and I like the idea of getting something nice for a group of things that weren't as nice.
I too am cleaning house, so to speak. Decided to concentrate my collecting to a narrower area with better grade notes. The 1917 is a nice pick up.
Really sweet pickups. Large size notes are bad to get addicted to, they look great but they empty out your wallet rather quickly.
Congratulations on your new upgrades...they are beautiful! Best of luck as you move closer to your overall goals...I am sure I will see a World Class Collection from Dr. CamaroDMD before my days are finished.
Richie, I'm doing the exact same thing with my coins. After a certain point, quality supercedes having a type set of many pieces. I found this much more rewarding than collecting the other way.
Richie: Just some words of wisdom passed along to me..."quality vs quantity will be well suited for your Large Size Collection" I tried my best to stick to these words...lol... you can always see the quality of notes I had in my Large Size Collection if you have the Heritage Fun Catalog from 2011...They were listed as the R.D. Bradley Collection. I will always keep a copy of that as a reminder of the dedication and assembly of that collection. It takes time, hard work and becoming increasingly picky on quality. My personal mantra was "always buy the best quality you can afford" when and if you sell it will be more so upheld price wise and in some instances profit may be realized based on the quality and rarity of the note. Best of luck! Rick
I would also echo Rickie's advise Richie. If you ever find yourself describing a note you are considering buying as " The note is in good shape but the margins are uneven" or "The price is great but it is yellowish overall and the signatures are faded" .......unless the note is super rare, it's best to pass and wait for another example to come along. Stay away from notes that need a "but" in the description.
If you do not have it, you should also try to acquire the only other Martha Washington $1 banknote....see http://navonanumis.blogspot.com/201...4/martha-washington-only-woman-to-appear.html for details...
