I'm surprised I even noticed it. I was going through a shipment of ones and noticed a 1963 A note. Definatly circulated and no value over face I don't suppose but it is the oldest $1 I've found in circulation and I'm keeping it.
If I were you, I'd mail it to a close friend...such as commidaddy! lol but seriously I would keep it. It's one of your first finds, and that has sentimental value in my opinion. My favorite note is a 1950A $10 I got in change at a gas station. It was the first note I kept, followed by a 1981 $20 note.
i still find a ton of notes goign back as far as 1995. Its the 1993 and earlier i get geeked about when i find finding a 1963 is no small task in cirulated condition or not.. its a keeper or think of your CT buddies.. .like commidaddy lol.. or NOT
I'm definatly keeping it. It's by far the oldest $1 I've found. Other than that some of the other older notes I've found is a 1969 C $20 in very crisp condition with no tears or discolorations but has been folded. 1934 A $20 crisp with no tears has a fold and is a little discolored. This one isn't too old but I also found a 1988 A $20 star note. crisp with a center fold and no tears
That's pretty neat. I was shocked to find a crisp $1 1969B last week. Couldn't help but to imagine where it's been hiding all these years.
Keep looking and picking them up. Not only are there star notes but you could possibly stumble upon 129 errors, web notes and 295 errors. You're in the position to do it. What to look for. http://www.fstctycurr.com/129_info.html http://www.quadrigaancients.com/web/ http://snorkack.nfshost.com/fw295/ Happy hunting!
My guess would be that either someone found it when they were cleaning out Grandpa's desk drawer, or some kid decided to raid Daddy's collection.
Thanks alot for these sites. Now I wonder how many if any like these I've passed up not knowing what to look for. I emailed these to my work email and will be keeping an eye out. I think I have about 500 or so 1's to go through today!
to help make it easier.. most of the erros are 1995 or older. Web notes were 1988-A, 1993 and 1995. 295 errors were on 1995 as well. I dont know of anything major since. Now there are some short print runs out there to help keep things lively lol I keep anything 1995 and older set aside... then go throuhg them later. anything newer i just try to keepa running listof districts with small printings
Just a quick follow up on this, I was going through a few $1 straps on Friday and out popped 1963A. Definitely well worn but I had a small chuckle when I remembered KdKenn had just mentioned this series here. It's now my oldest one I've found in circulation too. I also found my first true RADAR. Pretty excited. It's a 1999 $1 with L55055055J as the serial. If only the J had been an L but I'm not complaining.
This is were I envy you American collectors you can still find such things in circulation over here we have undergone a compleate change of our currency from £SD to Decimal and we regularly remove notes from circulation for example the British £1 note is no more Here is a list of withdrawn notes since decimilization, with there series prefix and issue/withdrawl dates £1 D Isaac Newton 09.02.1978 11.03.1988 £5 D Duke of Wellington 11.11.1971 29.11.1991 £5 E George Stephenson 07.06.1990 21.11.2003 £10 D Florence Nightingale 20.02.1975 20.05.1994 £10 E Charles Dickens 29.04.1992 31.07.2003 £20 D William Shakespeare 09.07.1970 19.03.1993 £20 E Michael Faraday 05.06.1991 28.02.2001 £50 D Sir Christopher Wren 20.03.1981 20.09.1996
It's kind of interesting because when I worked at the bank the oldest $1 FRN I found was a 1963A too (Dallas FRB). But, I did find a number of $1 silver certificates series 1935A. Here is the 1963A I found:
Probably not that much of a coincidence as the oldest possible $1 FRN is a 1963 plain and there were about 3X as many 63A's printed as 63's.
That's true, but working at a bank for a year you'd think one would float by. I found a couple 1963As (this one being the only one I have scanned) as well as some others from the later 1960s...including a well used Barr note (1963B).
