* Silver Certificates

a nice addition this weekend.

 

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Nice! Did you find them in the wild?

 

My Mom-in-law got them last week & saved them for me - 11 total

 

Dang. That is awesome. I have been wanting to find a silver cert in the wild. I have searched probably around $50-$75k worth of ones with no results.

 

I've gone through an average of around $30K worth of ones a year since 2010 and I haven't found a silver certificate among them so you're not alone.

However, in February of last year I went to a bank and as the teller opened her drawer there was a $5 1934D silver certificate right there on top of her bills! I swiftly offered to buy it from her; she said no one would take it. So you just never know what will turn up and when.

 

What are the odds that all three would be star notes?!?!

 

Congrats on the hoard

But not to sink your ship the 1957 Series even with *STARS* is considered
Very common, i have about 15 1957B in Gem condition and the value is
Hardly worth mentioning, but if you got them at close to face, you did ok
But the condition is very raw, many collectors shy away from that.

 

I did pay a little extra - but I owe Mom

 

I have over a hundred and am cashing a lot of them at the bank. Anything over the 1935 series, unless its CU or better and not a star note or low serial number, radar or otherwise is not worth much more than face. Those 3 you got I would keep if only for the star and they are not in bad shape.

 

Yeah, for the most part the 1957 Series arent worth much even with stars
But i would keep anything from 1935 as they tend to hold there value.

 

They typically sell for more than face.

It’s supply and demand, and the supply is enormous. Over 2.6 Billion regular notes and over 307 Million replacement notes were printed in a period when the US economy was running on all 8 cylinders. Plenty were saved and plenty are still available in virtually every grade. I’ve seen packs of these come up for auction. I’d put them in a currency sleeve and show them to the youngsters. They love holding them and learning about them.

 

Try and get more than face for the really circulated ones if you can. I can make fifty cents to a dollar on most of them if I sell them piecemeal but I cant go all day to make $5 to $10 bucks. Took them to three different shows and no dealer wanted any. Could have bought a few hundred at face though. Keep them for the kids. Especially the star bills. Did you check for low serial numbers yet. Or radar or repeaters?

 

This is as close as I got to a cool serial @Thomas R Reynolds - off by 1

 

That's a collectible bill. Too bad that zero isn't a one or the one a zero. Then you would really have something. Put it away.

 

that will be the '57 I hold - I also now have a '57a & b. They're all circulated but keeping the best 3.

 

My "Lucky Eights" Silver Cert. And it's a star.

 

Some years ago, I searched for & found some of my favorite silver certificates. Here's one of them.

 

I’m partial to this one....

 

I will try and post some pics of mine. Not as nice as the above ones but its what I could afford at the time. These are just some of mine. I have the Hawaii but cant find the jpg. Just completed the R and S experimental notes.

 

A few years ago I decided to collect small size $1 notes.

The starting note is the 1928 United States Note (red seal).
And that's the only red seal note in the $1 category.

Then I went after all of the Silver Certificates (blue seal), 1928 through 1957.
Plus I got the Hawaii Silver Certificate (brown seal) and the North Africa Silver Certificate (gold seal).

I also have all the experimental paper notes.

Now I'm getting the itch to get as many of the star notes that are reasonably priced as possible.
Don't have any of those -- yet.