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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1035465, member: 19065&quot;]GM:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hang onto the notes and go buy yourself a couple books to learn more about what you have and how to grade notes before you get too much invested in notes and go spending them before you know what it is you are picking up. </p><p><br /></p><p>Books for small size FRNs that I suggest:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guide-United-States-Paper-Official/dp/0794823629/ref=pd_sim_b_7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Guide-United-States-Paper-Official/dp/0794823629/ref=pd_sim_b_7" rel="nofollow">A Guide Book of United States Paper Money</a>&quot; 2nd Ed. (Official Red Book) </p><p>by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Arthur%20Friedberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Arthur%20Friedberg" rel="nofollow">Arthur Friedberg</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>and </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Guide-Small-Size-Paper-Money/dp/1440202451/ref=pd_sim_b_8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Guide-Small-Size-Paper-Money/dp/1440202451/ref=pd_sim_b_8" rel="nofollow">Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money - 1928-Date</a>&quot; Ninth Edition </p><p>by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=John%20Schwartz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=John%20Schwartz" rel="nofollow">John Schwartz</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Scott%20Lindquist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=books&amp;field-author=Scott%20Lindquist" rel="nofollow">Scott Lindquist</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can also pick up an issue of Coin World&#039;s publication called Paper Money Values in most book stores on the magazine rack located in the hobby section. This will have up to date &#039;price guide&#039; prices. Price guides generally contain inflated values that are not as accurate as what are being realized on the market. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can search for the notes you have on eBay in the Advanced Search - Completed Auctions listings to see what/if any have sold for in the recent past.</p><p><br /></p><p>Set up a free account on <a href="http://www.ha.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ha.com" rel="nofollow">Heritage Auctions</a> and search the Currency Auction Archives to do the same.</p><p><a href="http://currency.ha.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://currency.ha.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/" rel="nofollow">Heritage Auctions</a> also has a nifty little <b><a href="http://currency.ha.com/c/ref/grading.zx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/c/ref/grading.zx" rel="nofollow">Currency Grading Tutorial</a></b> you can read quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will need to learn <i>significantly</i> about what condition does to value in notes, so learn how to grade as you get into this aspect of numismatics. These notes are all rather heavily circulated and so unless showing a fancy SN or a star (*) in the SN (like one of your notes has) then you probably don&#039;t have notes with much value to collectors, above face, again, mainly due to condition of the notes you&#039;ve shown. Another factor can be scarcity of notes for a given district, that is, notes with small printages within a Series for a particular district, which is why you need the reference books recommended above, that can affect value above face.</p><p><br /></p><p>For an idea of what to look for in grading, the two major Paper Money TPGs have the following two scales developed that they utilize:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.pcgscurrency.com/g_scale.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscurrency.com/g_scale.html" rel="nofollow">PCGS Currency.com -- Grading Scale</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/grading/grading-scale.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/grading/grading-scale.asp" rel="nofollow">PMG Notes.com -- Grading Scale</a></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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