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Message:: [QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 2775667, member: 84179"]The practical person in me says spend, but they are cool. I lucked into about $150 of 1963-1977A dollars (heavy on the 63 and 63A) at the credit union about 2 years ago.  Most were Crisp AU+ with some CU along with stars and high S/N.  Saved about 25 of the best, sold about 25 more and spent the rest that I couldn't sell. While it was a nice find, the value of these notes are not that high, and unlikely to ever go up significantly in value in the future.  IMO, I would look at what you could buy with that money.  Setting aside 25 or 50 might not be a problem if it doesn't mess with your budget, but I wouldn't hoard them. In the 70's my grandparents used to save the series of 1934 $5-20 FRNs and give them to me as birthday gifts.  Most were worn.  At the time I had enough for an XF+ 1909-SVDB cent, but didn't want to spend the old notes.  In 1995, I finally bought an XF SVDB using the notes but only had enough to pay for half of it.  Bottom line is that I should have spent the old, low collector value notes on the coin 20 years earlier.  The coin I wanted went up in price, while the "cool" old notes did not. Just relating my story on why I believe it's better to buy something that you want for your collection instead of hoarding low value or "almost fancy" S/N.  If you want to save them because you like them, fine.  If you want to save them because you think they will go up in value? Don't IMO[/QUOTE]