Found in Circulation

My grandmother did the same thing with her fathers coin purse. She passed it on to me. It is leather and there are about 10 coins from the late 50s - early 60s. Nothing valueable, but they are the coins he had in his pocket when he passed away.

 

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so the dimes,quarters and halves are at least silver,worth more than face
value that's cool.

 

Hey peachy,
The radar/star note is the one that got you $102?
I was going to post a question about their rarity because I actually have one somewhere. I always wondered if they existed... and then I got one!
I have to find mine and check out the year and other details.
How rare are they?
One other thing.. Do all radar bills have to have the same letter on each end too or are those rarer??
Thanks in advance!

 

Years ago while visiting Washington DC I took the Bureau of Engraving tour. After in the gift shop I purchased 4 uncut $2 bills. Reading this post about Star notes I dug them out and am a bit confused regarding why Star notes are printed.
my serial numbers are
F 00737778 *
F 00757778 *
F 00777778 *
F 00797778 *
Why would they be 20000 apart?

 

Because they were printed in 20,000 sheet runs.

The serial number are actually printed in decending order so the first sheet would have the numbers

F00720000
F00740000
F00760000
F00780000

They are printed in decending order so that as subsequent sheets are printed and layed on top it builds a stack that counts down through the stack. The last sheet in the 20000 runs would have the numbers

F00700001
F00720001
F00740001
F00760001

So when they are cut and then stacked, starting with the bottom stack and placing each preceeding stack on top, you would have a run of notes 00700001 - 00720000, 00720001 - 00740000, 00740001 - 00760000, 00760001 - 00780000 or 700001 through 780000 all in sequencial order.


Another way star notes can get into circulation is after the end of a series run any remaining star notes for that series are bunbled and released just like regular notes. This is how you can get full bundles of star notes.

 

Thanks Conder101 now it makes sense.

 

Just like coins, it is only worth what someone will pay. This particular note happened to be a rarer star. At the time Dallas stars were going for around $50.00. Add a radar to the mix and presto! Do you have a radar star?

As far as your other question, no, but it helps. I think if you have matching block numbers it is then called a "true radar". I think, don't quote me on that.

Happy hunting,

Michael

 

Thanks Michael...
I think I do have a radar star I just need to figure out where I put it. I know it's in a safe place, but the question is "where?" I always put stuff in special places and then I forget where they are! haha I hate when that happens!
I have to gather up everything that I have and then go through it all.
My grandfather just recently passed away and he passed on a lot of old bills and coins that I need to look through + whatever I have hidden around here!
Thanks again

 

Hey coins844,

I would go check out or buy The Standard Guide to Small Size US Paper Money by Dean Oakes. It has very good info on stars and scarce blocks.
It is what i have used in the past.

Happy Hunting,

Michael

 

I had a US$1 star a few weeks ago.However,it was not good enough to put in my collection.I ended up sending it off to a guy in Switzerland as payment for some British
postal orders issued in Fiji & Malta,plus 2 Fijian local postal notes.All up,it cost me US$16 including postage.

Aidan.

 

I just got a $1 note, serial G00000946L Crisp, but lightly folded.
Also, the other night, a $5 from 1934 in OK condition.

 

Pete P., that is a very good item.The lowest numbered note I have
ever found in change is a New Zealand 2001 $5 note with the serial number AA 01 000400.As soon as I saw it,I pulled it out of circulation & now have it in my collection.

Aidan.

 

Sweet I have a $2 with A00008192A brand new :-D

 

I have a one dollar note with just 260. Its in crisp but crunched condition. Not worn, but a lot of bends etc so low value im assuming.

 

Got a $100 star note with 99% crispyness! Any good for resale?

 

Depends on the year/series of the note.If it's a newer one it's just worth face value (unless it's a star note or low serial#)

 

I had a note the other day with gour consecutive 4's.

Didn't keep it though. Just registered it with "Wheresgeorge.com" and then spent it.

 

Is is about near impossible to find out the age of a bill since the Series date does not change as the years go by?

 

1950-C $20 Bill from circulation. Old style notes are hard enough to find now, but when they are 40+ years old it gets quite a bit more difficult.

 

Anybody keep seeing bills from 1985?? 10's 20's 100's and 5's