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<p>[QUOTE="clembo, post: 279843, member: 8033"]I'm glad that you asked that. What I picked up were two consecutive 1999 $1 dollar notes that have an F at the beginning and a * at the end. These are called star notes and they are NOT all rare. This would be known as an F-* block.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was working in a truck stop at the time and opened a fresh pack of 100 consecutive notes (bills). These two were sandwiched in the pack. I gave the other 98 notes out as change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why did I keep them? There were only 640,000 of them printed and that is a paltry sum by currency standards. Most people would not give them a second look. This means they get circulated, and unlike coins, eventually get destroyed when worn (usually within two years).</p><p><br /></p><p>So put that into coin terms. The 1909SVDB had a mintage of 484,000. Did the Feds destroy them when they started to show wear? Nope, AG examples abound but it's the key coin in the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>CUrrency is not as popular but on the other hand I don't think I'd be too far off in saying there are now less 1999 F-* $1 notes than there are 09SVDBs.</p><p><br /></p><p>It does relate to supply and demand but there are good notes to be founnd IN CIRCULATION. A lot tougher with coins these days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, currency collectors are a different breed with a totally different set of paramaters. If you're ever going to get into it you have to do some serious reading.</p><p><br /></p><p>.....and by the way. I'd keep one of each of the notes you got if you can afford them. Spend the rest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clembo, post: 279843, member: 8033"]I'm glad that you asked that. What I picked up were two consecutive 1999 $1 dollar notes that have an F at the beginning and a * at the end. These are called star notes and they are NOT all rare. This would be known as an F-* block. I was working in a truck stop at the time and opened a fresh pack of 100 consecutive notes (bills). These two were sandwiched in the pack. I gave the other 98 notes out as change. Why did I keep them? There were only 640,000 of them printed and that is a paltry sum by currency standards. Most people would not give them a second look. This means they get circulated, and unlike coins, eventually get destroyed when worn (usually within two years). So put that into coin terms. The 1909SVDB had a mintage of 484,000. Did the Feds destroy them when they started to show wear? Nope, AG examples abound but it's the key coin in the series. CUrrency is not as popular but on the other hand I don't think I'd be too far off in saying there are now less 1999 F-* $1 notes than there are 09SVDBs. It does relate to supply and demand but there are good notes to be founnd IN CIRCULATION. A lot tougher with coins these days. Like I said, currency collectors are a different breed with a totally different set of paramaters. If you're ever going to get into it you have to do some serious reading. .....and by the way. I'd keep one of each of the notes you got if you can afford them. Spend the rest.[/QUOTE]
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