hi everyone! here are my bills i got a few days ago. got this one for $23 $22 $26 and those are the bills i got. the first one is really nice. the only problem is that it has a small orange stain on it. the second one is ok but a little worn. and the third my favorite is really nice but has those pesky black dots on the left near the 2. all these bills came from circulation from other people and i bought them from them. so these could have easily been shredded like all the other old styles. oh, and the yellow by jackson is just the scanner. thanks for looking!
These notes have only two possibilities. 1. They remain the hands of a collector. 2. They make it back to the Federal Reserve Bank where they get shredded. Most banks and retailers would not hand these notes out to a customer blindly, so unless there is a collector at the bank or retailer (or they have a customer that is a known collector), these notes would be destined for destruction if spent. I personally would rather see them in the hands of a collector than in the blades of a shredder. They are nice finds.
Nice finds Coinlover...gotta love those New York notes... And Ruben...the post by gatzdon is 1000% correct!! If you find em..keep em. Regards, RickieB
to be spent, if they reach a bank, there is a HIGH probability they would be marked to be returned to the Feds. Older notes are deemed not fit for circulation, regardless of condition! they are shredded/destroyed That is a true nightmare for currency collectors. Think about how you might feel if the banks did that to coinage. Say they choose anything older then 1950. woudl you spend a 1909-VDB in the hopes of a YN finding it... knowing that if it reached a bank of a fed center, it would be taken and melted?
Daggarjon hit it right on the head. As you collect coins we collect currency and coins. I know you love your Ikes. So imagine if EVERY Ike a teller saw was destined to be desroyed. EVEN if they got a roll of long forgotten BU coins. Thinking that would really make you cringe but yours is a very good question from a non-currency (I assume) collector.
Really? Being in the retail business as a business owner I see a lot of twenties come through the shop... Maybe I'd better keep my eye out....
PLEASE Thender .. IF you see any older notes PLEASE save them if you dont collect currency, or cant afford to keep them (we all get to that point at times) post a thread or PM me or anyone else interested. I know i dont turn down many anythign is better then watching them old notes die so horribly!
I just had no idea... Only notes I have latched onto were any $2 bills that came my way.... Like I said, I'll pay attention from now on... Guess I ought to pull out the money bag from the brief case and go through the paper... :eat:
You might also consider getting a decent book on the subject. You would be VERY surprised at what still floats around in currency because people don't know anything aboug it. I have personally found singles that list at over $80. Not bad for a buck.
