My Mom was a busy woman, lol, she had four of us eight children in those years by the last digits. Skipping 55.
I have formed an opinion after spending the Holiday and past few days going thru 2 books. I was looking for a direction to undertake a collection of bills that would be interesting, not too expensive and educational. After reading many older threads on this forum comparing notes and many other factors here is what I now think; A. Modern issue bills carry minimum premiums based on production regardless if they are regular issues or replacements, unless the replacement issues is very low in production. B. Their cost compared to Large Size Bills is relatively small unless you seek high denomination bills like $500 and $1000 C.The basis of a Small size bill collection would be best suited by assembling the entire Series issued from 1928 thru current or if you selected a denomination and focused on all issued bill, blocks and replacements. An example would be $10 Bill 1928 thru 2009 both regular issue and replacement, that would be a great collection. D. Higher denomination small size from $20.00, $50.00 and $100.00 can be pretty pricey as well especially the replacement bills. Some denominations have design elements and that creates a variety in which you would need to assemble as well as plate numbers and what people call a Mule. E. I found a Thread with people making a pledge to collect a specific district (I discovered there are 12 districts) and focused on those bills. I can imagine that was quite difficult and many hard to locate from what I read. Does anyone here still do this? I am quite impressed by what I have read and have a new appreciation for paper bills and the history behind them, wow! Hat's off to you all. While I continue to read and learn I will find the area to settle into. I now feel that the star bill I bought was a impulse decision. Living in Maine I was think regional collection but the closest Fed Bank is New York and I can't say that I like N.Y. very much (Yankees) sorry Yankee Fans just my personal feelings. If I have misspoken about my observations please correct me because I would like to know as I find the path to my start-up collection.
My mom only had 4. '60, '61, '62, & '63. It lacks 6 days being a year between my younger brother and I, so we are the same age for 6 days.
