Eagle, port hole question

Are the 1899 eagles and port holes with 2 symbols more collectable and/or saught after than the ones with the letters. I love them and will probably be buying these 2 or something like them. Just curious

 

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Neat old folding money - I'm no currency expert, but the designs were certainly more artistic back then

 

Not really more collectible, but I think they're kinda neat. The ones with no letters are just the first block printed--the first 100,000,000 notes.

The 1899 $1, in particular, had a *lot* more notes printed than any previous series, so the BEP had to get a bit creative with the serialling to avoid running out of blocks. Over the course of 24 years or so, they printed:

• One "plain" block, with symbols at both ends of the serial.
• Fourteen single-letter blocks, with a letter prefix and symbol suffix. These were A, B, D, E, H, K, M, N, R, T, V, X, Y, Z.
• Fifteen double-letter blocks, with matching prefix and suffix letters: AA, BB, DD, EE, HH, KK, MM, NN, RR, TT, UU, VV, XX, YY, ZZ.
• Eleven A-suffix blocks, with changing prefix letters while suffix letter A remained constant: BA, DA, EA, HA, KA, MA, NA, RA, TA, VA, XA.

One of each serial style might make a neat set. If you want, you could even throw in a star note; they all have prefix * and suffix B.

The 1899 $2 was printed in smaller quantities, so it only used the "plain" block and then single letters up to R, with no double letters needed.

 

Thanks for the info. I've always loved these notes and since I am restarting my collection, the 2 symbol notes would be a great start.

 

Black Eagles are always in demand.

 

especially like the lazy deuce, captures by by gone era

 

Just pulled the trigger on the deuce. Can't wait for it to get here .

 

I just noticed that all 4 corners are missing. A common problem on $2.00 notes. Unless you got a good price you may want to reconsider. Sorry I didn't see that earlier.

 

if you dont plan on getting it graded, not a big deal, i have many examples
of cool notes that are missing pieces, its a starting point

 

Yep. I saw that too, but it's one of those I wanted a deuce and in particular this one. After looking at so many, under 200 was a good price to me.

 

You can always get a better example later, when money allows for sure
Gives you extra time to shop.

 

Just wanted to make sure.