I have 3 $100 bills and the serial numbers they're kind of in succession like it's Bill 51 52 and 53 I can I'll take pictures. Also there's some I guess it would be bleeds through from where they stamp the numbers and letters I'll take picture. Thanks
Spend them! No one is going to tie up $300 just because they are sequential (OK, there probably is someone who would...). If you go to a bank & order a strap of new $100's, they are all going to be sequential. As for "ink bleed", that (which you show in the pics) is inconsequential. Sorry!
Nice clean crisp bills but not worth keeping. The bleed through is so small it will not increase in value. Like @PlanoSteve said, go to the bank and you can get sequential bills anytime they have a stack of new bills.
I'm fine with it I needed that money as much as I would have liked for it to be something I really didn't have that money to put aside thank you
As a person who paid me probably just went to the bank or something it was Friday thank you maybe I'll take a hundred of that and go get some nickels any ideas of what I kind of changed I should buy from the bank?
But whatever suits your collecting needs. It's your collection so don't buy what others suggest, only buy what you like.
You should decide for yourself what coins you want to pursue. Now, you can read some threads to see what interests others & maybe get some ideas, but ultimately you must do what is fun/entertaining for you...although our members share their stories, it is ultimately a very personal & independent experience for all who do this thing...numismatics... Edit: @Collecting Nut just beat me to it!
Great minds think alike. @RLGluvcoins that's two giving you the same advice so take our word and build your own collection.
I'll stick it on Etsy it seems like people are completely nuts if they ever purchase anything over there but they must LOL
Thanks everyone I enjoy this forum most responses are respectful and entertaining if not informative. I'm on a roll tonight everyone's been nice to me and patient with my dumb questions
I understand that "bleed through" could be caused by heavy inking, but isn't it more likely that you are just seeing ink transfer from the previous sheet as they are stacked?
No. This is an oft repeated theory but even in the days of wet printing ink transfer from newly printed sheets did not cause this.
For sure Walmart spenders, the bleed through and sequential numbers are not Enough to demand any type of premium, but you dont know unless you ask
Wait, what? I think JMM was correct...a bit of serial number ink has transferred to the back of the next bill up in the stack. In the case of the serial numbers, it's definitely not "bleed through" happening, because when the ink transfer is heavier, the serial on the back of the note is legible as the serial of the *next* note, not the same serial appearing on the face of the note. It seems that the ink they use for the serial numbers (and seals) these days doesn't dry very quickly. If you get a new strap of currency, there's often some green ink from the serials, or black ink from the Fed seal, visible on the inside surface of the strap band itself. Also, serial numbers ending in xxxxx001 are often lightly smeared by contact with the shrink-wrap around the 1000-note bundle. I haven't observed the smearing of xxxxx001 numbers on older notes, so I think the ink must be somewhat different than it used to be. I'm not sure what the wet-printing comparison has to do with it. The intaglio printing was done on wet sheets, not the serial numbering....
