What have you "passed" on at face value?

yup.
From some recent posts in other threads, Ive decided to sell any notes I cant keep, or dont want, on the forum.
However, there are still some notes I would pass, and not save for the forum. For example, if I received a star note in change, but it was really beat up and torn, I'd just spend it.

 

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I had recieved a star note silver certificate in change from a gas station once. Went to the the store with my parents an hour later, and spent it without realizing it.

 

Not paper money, but i remember when i was a kid in the 1980's i would sometimes find "weird looking coins". I used to find pennies with wheat stalks on the back or dimes with some greek god on the face. Yup, Merc dimes in change. I never looked at the dates. I *think* i kept them, but no idea where i put them. They are prob long gone.

But i just wish i could go back to those days and see what i was holding.


Nowadays, everything gets a quick scan



However, i've been amasing quite a few 1995 series $1's that i think it's time to save the best and put the rest back in circulation. I also have a bunch of notes with unique serials i've saved that now that i think about it...really won't be worth much. I may cherry pick the best and put about $20-30 back into circ.

 

i dont pass on much lately, but i also am not able to search bundles of singles 3 times a week anymore. I should be able to pick that up again once schools gets out this summer!!

Working in retail most of my younger years, i know i passed out alot of tid-bits un-knowingly. not that i know, i am out of retail go figure huh? I would say now, 99.9% of what i come across doesnt leave. My step father did pay for something over this christmas visit with a $20*, but it happened so fast, i wasnt able to stop it

 

In the late 1960's, after hoarding silver quarters (which we got a face value from the cafeteria cashier at school), I needed money to buy a camera and turned in 6 rolls of them at the bank for face value. I saved 3 rolls which I still have.

 

So nobody has any thoughts on my question?

"where's the best place to spend obsolete notes to give them the best fighting chance to avoid the FRB's shredders? "

 

Sell em at face value + shipping to fellow collectors??

 

Spend them at a currency and or coin show.

I had a dealer give me a rag of a $20 national for change once. Still have it so I guess it worked.
I also used to spend a lot of star notes at currency shows.

 

THE OPEN FORUM, right here!!! heck, if your gonna spend them for face value somepleace else. i am very sure a collector here would pay shipping to get a hold of obsolete notes!!!

just in case use the open forum

 

I'd be willing to buy certain notes at face for older series. To some they may be worthless, but if i don't have a particular note i may want a low-cost example just to say I have one.

 

be careful Mike, as i have found out in past threads, offers to buy, trade and such are for PM's.

but i agree with your thoughts 100%

 

well one time i had to use part of my paper money collection at face value becuse my glasses were completly destroyed and i badly needed to replace them and the coin store (I used to go to) would only gave me face.

 

Oh i'm sorry i didn't mean that post as an invitation, i was just stating that it would be something i would consider doing.

 

I try to block memories like these out of my mind. I really hate remembering some of the good ones I've let go.