As you wish, Merc Crazy. This is a place for people who have a common passion for coin collecting to gather and share. Said people are of many...
The OP was criticized because a certain other poster is very ill-mannered.
Yours is a 1953C $5 United States Note issued during the Kennedy administration. Only United States Notes have red seals. They were issued under...
I'm always an idiot. It's a family tradition.
There were no Series 1928 $5 SC issued. If it is a 1928, it's a FRN if it has a green seal, or a USN if it has a red one. Earliest modern-sized...
The FED no longer distributes notes according to their listed bank of issue, but rather sends notes on hand to where they're needed.
start grandpa rant/ when I was learning to grade Barber coins, a clearly readable "LIBERTY" was necessary to get a very fine rating /end grandpa...
But still worth more than $10.
If genuine, which it appears to be, it's a very valuable error. I'm not a fan of currency TPGs, but your note seems an ideal candidate.
A dollar under melt value for 40% halves. They cost more to refine, so expect less of a percentage of melt than you'd get for 90%.
Be aware that it's easier to doctor notes than it is coins. I've seen obviously circulated notes on eBay reappear elsewhere in TPG livery, graded...
I doubt the coin did much circulating, SBAs were unpopular and shunned from the moment they were released. The only places that gave them out were...
Looks real to me.
Regarding duits, I'd say this didit.
The problem would be getting them unobtrusively into circulation. Everybody in England uses pound coins, so they don't pay much attention to them...
I have a counterfeit US nickel I pulled from circulation. Dated 1948 and made of tin or something similar. I figure teenager in a 1950's shop class.
The 1887 dime is 123 years old, undamaged and in fine condition. You sort of have an obligation to future collectors to keep it away from the...
California's main problem isn't welfare, or illegals, or anything else. It's Proposition 13. A lesser problem is the ridiculous way the...
The lime green seal on the fifty is an indication it was printed early in the first Roosevelt administration - it's the ink that was in use at the...
I'm an old-school currency collector, used to grading by the non-numerical standards (i. e., ChCu(VF) = an almost flawless uncirculated note with...
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