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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;funkee, post: 1589681, member: 37925&quot;]I started my collection with a $2 United States Note and a $1 Silver Certificate, much like you.</p><p><br /></p><p>After a while, I found that in order to collect rarer notes, I had to pay a premium. I now buy them on auction websites and occasionally from dealers. Fortunately, you can find some very good deals online if you are patient.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can still find some rarer notes in circulation, but they will usually be in poor condition. Just the other day, I got a $2 US Note (red seal) from a withdrawal at a bank when I asked for a stack of 2&#039;s. It was not in great shape, but still a good find for face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>People do turn in things to banks that they don&#039;t know what to do with. The teller I met the other day told me that someone came in a few weeks prior to turn in nearly $10,000 worth of $100 FRBNs (Brown Seal). They didn&#039;t think anyone would ever want them, so they sent them to the Fed. That same teller handed me a stack of twos during my withdrawal, inside which I found a 1953A $2 red seal. </p><p><br /></p><p>On another visit to a branch an hour away, I talked up a teller, who told me that a few months prior a woman came in looking to exchange an almost uncirculated $500 gold certificate for hundreds. She found it in a book owned by her grandfather. The teller knew it was something special, and tried to set something up outside of the bank so he could get the note without having to switch things out of the drawer and get fired. Unfortunately, the lady never returned and likely realized what it was worth. But just as an example, there are rarities out there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Make friends with tellers, and you will get things from time to time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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