1902 $5 Bills... help on value?

Hello All,
My mom was a bank teller in NYC back in the 1970's and she would exchange and hold onto any unusual bills she came across.
Recently I found some very old $5 Bills in her boxes of old papers.

She had...
Qty 3 - Series of 1907
Qty 3 - Series of 1914
Qty 4 - Series of 1902

I was able to find sales info on the 1907 & 1914 bills on the Heritage Auction website.
But no info on the 1902 Bills.

Any input & info from you guys on possible value is greatly appreciated!
See attached pics...

 

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All the Charters came up for me on Heritage archives.

I’m not sure how you search, but just type in the Charter number and boom, they all come up. See my photo on search suggestion.

 

Thank you SteveInTampa.
I was searching in "Large Currency (pre-1928)" and nothing showed up.
Opening up the search to all currency did the trick.
Thanks!

 

You can try this site. It's just a guide. The 1902 blue seal National Currency,
seems valuable even in circulated condition.
https://www.uscurrencyauctions.com/$5-us-currency-value-price-guide.htm

 

Thank you Michael K.
Very helpful.

 

Circulated currency covers a wide range of possible grades, not sure
What you paid ? but it might be worth it to get it graded.

 

Thanks for the suggestion.
I actually paid $0

These were bills my mom found when she was a bank teller 40+ years ago.
Some guy came into the bank and asked if he could exchange these for some "real" money. He told her nobody would accept his large old bills.

He had 4 - 1902 Bills, 3 - 1907 Bills, 3 - 1914 Bills

My mom checked with her manager and he told her they were authentic currency.
So she gave the guy money from her own pocket as a swap.

She's had these bills in a box with pictures, letters and misc. papers.

 

I think you will come out way ahead then, what ever you decide but i would
Consider going to PCGS or PMG or an auction house and seeing examples and
See if you want to go the extra mile and get them graded it can be very beneficial

 

Very nice bank notes. Especially since you got them from mom.

 

Food for thought, educate yourself first, and always take advice with a grain
of salt

 

FWIW... here are pics of the other $5 Bills she traded for...

 

Like the $5 wood choppers as long as the value is comparable i would say
Awesome but i am sure the guy she traded with new more about the notes
that she did so maybe something to question ?

 

If he traded them dollar for dollar in the 1970s, I don't think he knew anything more about them than Mom did.

 

You could really dive in to this one if you wanted to, but kind of a moot
Point now.

 

Circulated but great stuff.

 

$200, $120, $100, $100, approximately, the Bath note is the best of the lot by far, the other banks are more common. The Woodchoppers you posted are worth about $100 each... Mom got a steal that day at the bank...

 

Not sure i would agree, from the standpoint of actual condition, the notes Mom
Got in return may have a higher value, with same condition, but all of the
Nationals have major issues that would affect the value significantly, every
One has a missing corner or missing portion of the boarder, and from someone
That has hundreds of graded examples, mom would have been better off
Keeping what she had, i avoid problem notes like the plague ! for two reasons
There hard on the eyes and very difficult to sale even some on the rarer side
Of the fence, the wood choppers would be a more attractive on the resale
Market.

 

Thanks for all the feedback.

FYI... my mom traded a new $5 bill for each of these.
So she gave the guy $50 for all 10 bills.
Her manager told her they might be of some value, but he had no idea how much.
So she took a chance and exchanged new $5 bills for each old $5 bill.
The guy who came in with the old bills was happy and mom was happy to help him out. That's the whole story.

 

Appreciate the story

 

My message probably did not translate well.
Mom did not have or trade any old bills... She gave the guy 10 brand new $5 Bills
for his 10 old $5 Bills. Sorry if my message was confusing.

Thank you for all the feedback!