2 new additions...including my #1 wanted "easy" note!

I went on vacation for a week, and stopped in at the local coin shop. There, I got two pieces of currency, including one that had been my #1 most wanted "easy" note. Since I am new to the hobby it's nothing spectacular, but it made my day, and I am still very happy that I was able to aquire it.

What I have figured out is a list of easy notes and hard notes that I want. "Easy" is stuff that is not very expensive, and not very rare; I just don't have it yet. "Hard" IS expensive and/or rare, and my #1 most wanted there has only 4 known examples, so it'll be on that want list for a long time-maybe forever.

Anyway, this note here is kind of just a bonus. I went in knowing that I wanted to get the second note I will show, but I ended up leaving with this one, too. (I had gone in previously that week so I knew he had the second note I will show, thus, I knew I would be getting it)

It's a 1953-B $2 United States Note. It's my first $2 with the Monticello reverse, and my third USN. I really like the red seals, I now have a $1, $2 and $5.



As I have stated many times over, I inherited a North Africa Emergency note, and that note, combined with a few others, gave me the currency bug; It led me here, to the SPMC, and more importantly...it made me a currency collector! Since I found out about it, I've wanted a Hawaii note, as a companion piece to my NA $1 but just in and of itself, too. Now, I finally got one! It may not be in the greatest condition, but I love it.



Thanks for letting me share!

PS...in case anyone is wondering...My "hard" #1 is the Wappingers Falls, NY National- as near as I can tell the only notes ever created for my home town...I have not decided on a new #1 "easy" note yet- It's either going to be higher denominations of the North Africa note, or ??


(This post was copy and pasted from the CU forum..I realize that I have not shared my currency much, if at all here on CoinTalk! I will be doing that shortly, I have about 600 or more pictures plus two dozen videos to upload from my trip, so I will either do it when I am done with all that or when I am waiting for said pictures and videos to upload!)

 

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Nice notes Billy! I remember buying my Hawaii note last year, they are really neat! Congrats on your pickups, I can't wait to see more:smile

 

Nice notes! My hawaii note is similar to yours lol certainly seen some history Good luck on your #1 hard notes it just might take a while for one to come up for sale. As for your next easy note... ?? thats a toughie really. As many rare and/or expensive notes as there are, there are just as many less expensive and non-rare notes to be found. Good luck! And do keep us posted with your new and exciting purchases

 

Love the Monticello view on the back of that 2! Keep up the good work.

 

i really like those red seals. Nice!

 

Agreed very nice. That Hawaii note was my #1 for a while, now its a NA Note.

 

Thanks for the comments, guys! I've decided my next easy wants are a USN $2* and a USN $5 Non-star (I have the star version already)...Shouldn't be too hard, but I don't have any spare money to spend right now!

 

good choices for your next easy notes Both can be found easily, and at a pretty low price point

Good luck :thumb:

 

I have been intruiged by the us notes as well recently, the red seal really catches my eye. Nice notes, and always like to see pics.