PCGS Banknote results - my first time

In November or December, @Bradley Trotter and I started discussing a PCGS submission through my membership. I never had before, and considering he got me interested in banknotes, I felt I would do him a favor and send in some of his notes, along with my Lewiston $20 national.

Well, the package arrived the other day at my home, and because I am on campus (and I had some car troubles this week), I had my mother open the package and photograph the items when she had time.

First, I will show my Lewiston $20 national. It got a VF 30, which I expected, but I didn't expect it to come back as details - which PCGS explained was because there was "minor design redrawn". I personally thought the 'LEWISTON' was a little grainy or smudged, but my inexperience had me send it in anyway. I'm assuming that is the area in question. Sorry, no reverse pics yet.



Here are the other four items submitted by my friend @Bradley Trotter - in order of my most favorite, downward. Having these items in my hand for sure was an honor - being trusted by an online essential stranger was great, and having these notes, especially the Pensacola below, really fostered some interest for me, which beforehand was suppressed as I wasn't sure what would make a note worth collecting.

I want to thank @Bradley Trotter yet again for his trust! This experience was great and I am so happy to finally have these items back. What a great lesson and great banknotes.

I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I do!

 

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Nice to get them back, right?

 

Fine looking notes.

 

Took quite a while, I must say.

 

With recent turnaround times at PCGS in consideration, it wasn't a bad experience by any means. Hopefully, your car troubles will be resolved soon, @Evan Saltis; besides, I'm glad that I could foster your interest in paper money.

 

Got a jump start the other day after a particularly cold week and I am now doing just fine.

 

A very appealing group of notes.
I don't collect them but I certainly can see their appeal.

 

I didn’t either until late. I mean, why not? Maybe you live somewhere that had pretty high production, meaning one may come up cheap.

With these old notes they often are tied to a certain bank. Meaning, they are pinned to a certain area.

In this case, my family lived on the parallel streets, including the family’s uncles, aunts, etc. The homes were demolished to build the bread production plant my father is in charge of. Just a couple of buildings down from the bank is the Lithuanian hall my great-grandfather cooked and pickled in, and my grandfather frequented. To put it mildly, the peak of my community could be defined by this area and section of town. Now- it is a very different place.

On my note:
I like thinking that the $20 I bought could have been used to pay my great-grandfathers wages or something. Who knows? It’s a small community and not all that many $20 were printed back then.

 

Could someone guide me through the process of sending paper money in for grading? You can PM me rather than take up spece here.

 

Go to www.pmgnotes.com or PCGS website. Tell ya all ya wanna know.

 

Cool notes and thanks for sharing!

 

Hard to understate the local appeal of collecting Obsolete Currency and National Bank Notes isn’t it?

 

Nice, thanks for sharing.

 

Since the original PCGS ( Collectors Universe ) is now gone i would recommend using PMG they have been around the longest and have built a solid reputation
thru out the industry and there notes typically sell for more.

 

That’s some nice paper. Other then making them bigger That’s all I know

 

Is note money more valuable. Coz very few ever get to see one or two in their life time. I’m showing everyone Washington facing the other way quarter. They would all go nuts looking at these types of bills. Hell I do!!!

 

More value is comparative - what are we comparing it to? If we are talking about the new quarter you mentioned - then yes.

It took me a long time to even find a place to find banknotes that were quality but also local in my price range.

here is one I wish I could afford,


maybe you should consider checking out whether some of your local banks produced notes. Even better, if they produced a lot of notes meaning they might run a little cheaper. Check out $1 and $5s, much more manageable than $20s and upward.

 

In my experience, @Cheech9712, if you live in the Midwest or Northeast, it isn't that hard to find a National Bank Note from your hometown. However, if you live in the South or out West in Nevada or Montana, you'll have to shell out a small fortune to find a nice hometown National Bank Note.

 

does anyone have an old Buffalo NY. Bank note. That would be a blast

 

Bet that Daffy Duck guy has one