if i only had an extra $4000 just laying around... i was in the bank this morning, and i was packing a couple cash bags to send to tellers at other branches. one teller was receiving $5,000 in hundreds, and i noticed that the top bill on the stack was a star note. these hundreds were all new, fresh from our correspondent bank, so i thought i would look to see how many more of the stack were stars. turns out, the top 40 of them were all brand new, uncirculated, sequential star notes. first thing i did was ask a loan officer if they would give me a quick loan so i could buy the notes and flip them for a quick profit. the guy i asked said he had no problem with it. hurdle one passed. next, i asked the wife if she would allow me to do such a thing. hurdle two...wipeout. ok, no worries. we have a stack of cash we're holding onto for our bar's big festival. i can borrow from that if there's enough left over, and replace it in a week or so. hurdle three...wipeout. we've already invested the cash into supplies and services, so there's not enough left to buy it all. i could have taken the last $2,000 and used it, but it would have busted the bar's cash fund, so no go. i watched the bills walk out the door, to be dispensed to the general public, about half an hour ago. then i quietly cried myself into a coma in the bathroom.
Unless they were low numbers, probably not worth much. Can you give us an idea of what the serial numbers were?
they were from a 320m run, with serial numbers in the LG061...* range and nothing of particular value. all they had going for them was the sequential serials and pristine condition.
If you really want them, find out where they were disbursed to and track them down. You can still get some straps if you find the right people. I wouldn't worry if you lost them, though. It will be hard to find buyers for straps due to the high face value, and market availability of uncirculated star straps. The potential profit is also very low, considering 10-15% auction fees, shipping and insurance. Unless you find local buyers, you are going to have to sell them for $113 each to break even with eBay, and much more for places like Heritage. Considering that sequential star notes are barely selling for $115 on eBay, youll have a pretty hard time making that money back, let alone any profit.
