I came across two sequential star notes of 2017A $100 bills. I'm guessing these are valued $100.50 at most, but wanted to double check before I put them back into circulation. I can share picture if necessary, but nothing extraordinary about these bills. Thanks!
I recently had a friend that had about 10 sequential $100 star notes. He couldn't find anyone that would give him over face value.
The problem with $100 notes is that they are so expensive at face. Other than investment bullion, I've very seldom bought any coin or bill that expensive, and when I do buy one, it had better be very interesting and special to me, like pre-1933 gold, a really nice ancient, or colonial currency. Minor variations or numbers in a modern bill just aren't worth tying up that much cash. Yes, I know there are wealthy collectors for whom $100 is peanuts, but they are relatively few, and a bill has to be pretty special to attract their attention. Eventually, inflation will make them more collectable, but you will lose money by holding them until then. A few years ago I noticed a very rare large denomination gold certificate from the 1800s sold at auction for 6 figures (I don't remember all the details), and at the time I calculated that with the rate of inflation over those years the note had just about broken even, or maybe not quite.
Ironically sequential star notes are worth far more in proportion to face value on $1's than on $100's. People above are correct; a $100 bill is worth at least face value, that's a lot of money especially to a more casual collector, so it has to be really special before someone's willing to fork over that much money. Highest denomination star note I even own in my collection is a $10 bill.
Thanks for the input, folks. Certainly makes sense why $1 bills would be more collectable than $100 bills. I figured that these would likely make their way back to circulation.
They're still nice notes and if you can afford to keep them and want to, why not. Just saying they'd be difficult to sell for significantly more than face value. Myself personally it's just a lot of money to not spend so I'd want there to be a little more special about them than just being a modern star note. Money being no object, I'd probably even keep them, but unfortunately money is definitely an object to me lol.
