I found this $10 bill in an article of clothing that belonged to my late grandmother. I'm just wondering if it is worth anything. I believe it to be in very fine condition from what I read on another website. It has some creases, no fading, no tears, slightly worn edges. It's from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and I can't find anything related to that particular bank. The serial number does contain a star at the end which I believe means it's a replacement bill, correct? The serial number starts with L. Does any one know if this is worth anything more than $10? Thank you, Becky
Almost certainly worth quite a bit more than $10. There are a couple of varieties of this note. What is the serial number?
I don't have the note with my right now so I will get you the exact serial number tonight. It does have a green seal and the serial number starts with L023XXXXX*. Also wondering if there is a difference between the solid green star or the outlined asterick. This bill has a solid green star not an outlined asterick.
This makes it the more common of the two varieties. My five year old paper money book (GMAB, folks -- I'm a coin guy ) has this at $60 in Very Fine. My rule of thumb is to knock retail prices in guidebooks down by 30%, but then the market has had a couple of waves since this book was published and I'm not sure how reliable even the rule of thumb would be. The last of these we handled was Very Good and sold for $26. However, we've probably only had a half-dozen of these notes total in any grade, so there is no clear trend. The solid star is normal for these notes.
