Hi all, I went to the bank to pick up my usual coin rolls today and the teller offered me some older notes as she knows I like looking at coins. I know nothing about notes but took them anyway. The $20 on the left is in good condition but the other two are In bad shape. Are they worth keeping or should I just spend them on more rolls? Many thanks in advance. Bills from the bank by Darren Edwards posted Aug 19, 2021 at 6:04 PM
They don't have anything special just normal old notes.About $100 is very important to me i would use them.
I'd personally spend them; I don't see any special reason why I would keep them. Not to mention, the condition on these notes leaves much to be desired, especially the $50.
Definitely keep the one on the right. If it were me, I would probably keep the others too. They probably aren't worth much right now, but the average lifespan of paper money is, as of the last time I checked, less than two years. Those two notes have lasted over 30 years. (The series that came after 1985 was, as I recall, 1988. So these could've been printed up through 1987 or so.) It's a shame that the one on the right isn't a Dorothy Andrews Elston note. Those are considerably more rare. (She got married during her tenure, hence the name change to Kabis.)
The $20 1985 note is a keeper for its being in nice condition and the $20 1969A a keeper for its being of the rare 1969x series. The $50 note may be considered a spender due to condition. Bank tellers will tell you they encounter old hundreds a lot more often than old twenties like this and that they're not very commonly encountered these days. Tellers ship these out to meet their end as regular customers don't like taking old bills as the general populous is ignorant and suspicious of them. You can't save them all but you can do your part to save what you can when they're made available to you: if you don't want to keep them yourself you can offer to trade or sell them to other collectors who will like them. They are out there.
Personally I'd spend them. Book value and real value vary greatly. Finding a buyer is the key and folks aren't knocking the doors down for circulated notes from that era.
While they aren't really special, I'd certainly encourage that teller to continue saving unusual notes and telling me about them. Never look a gift horse in the mouth, or something like that. LOL
