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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DJP7x0s, post: 313184, member: 5336&quot;]I was talking to my grandfather today, and he mention that he had some old bills, the big ones he said. And he said he had a bunch of Barr notes. Anyhow, I was curious about the large size notes he said he had, so my grandmother dug them out to let me take a peek. I was surprised to see that he had alot more than I would have guessed. He had a few $1 Black eagles, crisp and Uncirculated. He said they were his grandfathers and that his grandfather gave them to him when he was little. He also had a few large sized $2 bills, series 1917 and series 1918. But those were beat up and falling apart, but still I really enjoyed seeing them. Those also came from his grandfather. Then he had stacks and stacks of small sized currency that hes saved through the years. He had almost $400 face value of Barr notes, and every single one was CU and alot of consecutives. He had around $100 face value of $1 silver certificates, all were series 1935 and most were CU, and a few were star notes. Then he had around $250 face value of $2 and $5 red seals, most of those were CU with alot of consecutive serial numbers. But theres one Id like to ask about. One of the $5 red seals, was a low serial star. Series 1963, serial number 00001725*, in Perfect shape. Not even a crinkle. Which is surprising, because he had all these bills in a shoe box stuffed in envelopes. I think Im going to buy some currency sleeves and put all his old bills in sleeves for him, just to help preserve them. Anyhow, most of what he had a CU and there was easily $1000 face value of odds and ends, nothing too special, but fun to look through. Anyhow, back to the $5 red seal star with the low serial number. Id like to ask any of you currency collectors, What do you estimate such a bill with such a low serial star would be worth??? Oh and he showed me a small bag of old coins. Alot of Morgans and alot of Walking halfs. Nothing too special, but I was surprised to see them. He also had a few Seated Dimes and Seated Quarters that his grand father gave him. I have to take my book with me to look up the dates, because Im not too familiar with the Seated Liberty series to know the values off hand. But I cant wait to look through the rest of the coins he has. He told me about his grandfathers piggy bank. He said he has a life sized porcelain pig, piggy bank. He said it was his great grandfathers and that its been full ever since he can remember. Now my grand father was born in 1928 and said that the piggy bank was full as long as he can remebr and that his father used to say the same thing. He figures that everything in the piggy bank should be pre 1900, and he figures that most of what is in there would have been thrown in there around 1850s to 1870s according to what he had been told. Anyhow, he said hes never seen whats in there because he would have to break the piggy bank to get the coins out, but he said we can try to drill a hole and he will let me look through it. He said hes gonna make me do work around his house and said hell pay me with old coins. LOL, I just want to see whats in there cause Im a very very curious person who loves to look at old coins. I can only imagine whats in there. And I cant wait to let everyone know what I find. Ive never known that he had all of that, but wow!!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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