1950E $5 & $10 Star Notes (newly acquired) to submit or not?

I know these two notes are not likely to break any records, but I do value opinions from you guys. Thanks.

 

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Nice older star notes that are great to have and not worth much above face. Just keep them protected as they look in decent shape. Nothing special about the serial numbers but hey, they don't make them anymore.

 

On the $5 i would say no, the margins are to far off may drop to A/U, the $10 looks
much better if it is on the rarer side may be a good choice for submission

 

The Fr.1966-L* ($5) is rarer than the Fr.2015-G* ($10), both are possibly worth way more than face value, although the currency market is a little soft right now.

@ValpoBeginner , what condition would you ball park them to be in, and where did you get them ?

 

I bought the 10 Dollar bill from HJB in Chicago for 75. I got the 5 from a guy From San Bernardino for just 25. If the bills were CH CU they'd would be worth 300, and 250 respectively, according to the book. So I consider it a good deal.

As for ball parking the grades. I guess, Id say that the 5 is maybe a vf 30. And the ten is probably an AU 58....but I'm just learning how to Grade Paper money.... I'm much better at coins. Thanks for your interest.

 

I had a Series 1950E $50 from one of the scarcer districts that I got in a bank back in 2008 - was one of my last eBay adventures - sold it for $350 or something like that.

 

That is so cool... Had a similar windfall situation with a 2009H 1 dollar star note that I got back in change from a flashlight store. It was maybe AG, I mean it was all crumpled and corners were rounded. I sold it on ebay for 35 dollars .Even if there were only 640 thousand printed, I couldn't include it in the collection. A good day indeed! I Wish I could get those kind of returns in my IRA.

The only bills I would go down to the fine condition on are large Size US currency, and I've only got two of those...

 

My best "circulation" finds are a couple of star note mule/non-mule/mule triplets of $1 FRN's, Series 1981, pulled from packs at the place I worked.

 

Can we see them?