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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acheron, post: 1057001, member: 25605&quot;]If you stick with small size notes, most aren&#039;t too expensive. You could start with getting the different colored seals:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Green - Federal Reserve Note -- there are also some types of FRNs from 1934 that have &quot;light green&quot; seals which are noticeably different&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Blue - Silver Certificate -- $1 silver certs are easily located on ebay and the like. 1928 and 1934 $1s have a very different back from current $1s.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Red - United States Notes -- These basically come in $2 and $5 and are also easily located on ebay. (there are also $1 and $100 but those are more expensive) </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Yellow-Orange - Gold Certificate -- Several denominations from 1928.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Brown - National Bank Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes -- Maybe you could locate a National Bank Note from your city? Tracking down notes from the cities where I&#039;ve lived was fun, and people I&#039;ve shown them to found them very cool as well. If you can&#039;t find one, then an FRBN would be an inexpensive way to get a brown seal.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are also special notes from WWII with different seal colors: Bright yellow seals for notes released in North Africa, and a slightly different shade of brown seals for notes in Hawaii. (The Hawaii notes also have an obvious &quot;HAWAII&quot; overprint on the front and back). These can be a bit more expensive to find, but they hopefully won&#039;t break the bank.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; You could also locate an inexpensive large size note -- 1923 $1 Silver Certificates are common.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;As far as major design changes, once notes switched to a small size in 1928, they basically stayed static until the &quot;large head&quot; notes appeared starting in 1996. There are a few smaller changes -- 1928 notes generally have the denomination spelled out in letters on the front, while series 1934 and later added a large numeral in addition (except for Federal Reserve Notes). The United States Note (red seal) version of the $2 has Monticello on the back, and was switched to the Declaration of Independence signing in 1976 (when it first became a Federal Reserve Note). </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Let us know what you decide to do![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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