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<p>[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 1034271, member: 16269"]The collector you are talking about collected high grade notes. He's been a member of a couple of forums and a friend to a lot of the members. I'm sure there are at least a hundred who know him personally and can vouch for his honesty and integrity. I've watched him expand his collection and I have seen the notes he has purchased in the various auctions. </p><p><br /></p><p>They are very expensive and valuable. There are a few dealers who specialize in notes of this quality. When a collector specializes, what you saw in his collection is the result. It took a long time to accumulate those notes- searching for them, watching and waiting for them to appear in the marketplace, making contacts and saving the funds to purchase them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Banknotes are not like coins. There are serial numbers on each and everyone of them which prevents someone from posting a phoney possession. I have seen notes at auction that I personally have been outbid on and then seen them posted in a forum by the new owner. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the expensive notes have a pedigree and can actually be traced back to previous collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of my error notes have been recorded and documented. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To learn about error notes, there are several books available. These two are a good start:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/World-Paper-Errors-Morland-Fischer/dp/1933990252" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/World-Paper-Errors-Morland-Fischer/dp/1933990252" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/World-Paper-Errors-Morland-Fischer/dp/1933990252</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/United-States-Paper-Money-Errors/dp/0896897141/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289526662&sr=1-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/United-States-Paper-Money-Errors/dp/0896897141/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289526662&sr=1-2" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/United-States-Paper-Money-Errors/dp/0896897141/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289526662&sr=1-2</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 1034271, member: 16269"]The collector you are talking about collected high grade notes. He's been a member of a couple of forums and a friend to a lot of the members. I'm sure there are at least a hundred who know him personally and can vouch for his honesty and integrity. I've watched him expand his collection and I have seen the notes he has purchased in the various auctions. They are very expensive and valuable. There are a few dealers who specialize in notes of this quality. When a collector specializes, what you saw in his collection is the result. It took a long time to accumulate those notes- searching for them, watching and waiting for them to appear in the marketplace, making contacts and saving the funds to purchase them. Banknotes are not like coins. There are serial numbers on each and everyone of them which prevents someone from posting a phoney possession. I have seen notes at auction that I personally have been outbid on and then seen them posted in a forum by the new owner. Most of the expensive notes have a pedigree and can actually be traced back to previous collectors. All of my error notes have been recorded and documented. To learn about error notes, there are several books available. These two are a good start: [URL]http://www.amazon.com/World-Paper-Errors-Morland-Fischer/dp/1933990252[/URL] [URL]http://www.amazon.com/United-States-Paper-Money-Errors/dp/0896897141/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289526662&sr=1-2[/URL][/QUOTE]
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