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Found this in my latest strap. What a nice surprise this was. The Teller I got this strap from told me about a Crisp 1950 (A B C D ?) $100.00 bill he pulled from a strap that came from a gas station a couple of weeks ago. Somebody tapped their collection to pay for gas.

 

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Timewarp: AWESOME find!! I'm jealous.:devil:

 

Jeeze, someone has to keep this half dead thread alive. I think I'll try and revive it with today's finds:
$20's: 1985: $20 L-C, 1988A: G-A & C-A, 1990: H-B (XF), and finally 1993: L-B, L-F, L-G, L-I.
$10's: 1969: L-A, B-B, 1977: C-A, & 1995: G-E.
$5's: 1988A: L-F.
$1's: 1995: F20631520* which I believe to be my highest modern star strap find & 2000: G-*.

The only actual note I caught from a strap was the 1995 F-* $1 and rest were teller grabs.:thumb:

 

I just noticed the Secretary's signature crosses into the border of ONE DOLLAR.

 

My best conidtion '06 short run San Fran district :yes:

 

Aside from the bugger smudge on the '03 and a high print run of 3.2 million its a beauty.

 

Tom: Better than my examples, that's for sure.:thumb:

Just kidding! I know it's Tony.

 

Awesome circulation find here!

 

We dont see to many of 1963 star posted here....perhaps undervalued.

 

Found this today.

 

This is not really a strap find per se but yesterday I was at a bank and I asked the teller if she had any old hundreds. She checked her drawer to no avail but told me the story about a woman who brought in around six 1934 hundreds the day before. The teller took one of the hundreds from this lady and said that the bill was counterfeit. She said it felt like monopoly money and that the counterfeit pen turned black. She then called the Secret Service and gave them the notes serial number. Supposedly this serial number is on some list that flags for counterfeits. The teller told the lady that she is seizing this hundred to submit to the SS and that if she hands over any more those will be seized as well. She told the lady if the SS says the note is good she will get her money back. The teller was quite confident that this would not be happening.

I detected some problems with this situation. First, I told her that the packaging on those counterfeit pens states that they don't work on notes from before "series 1959". Second, I told her that currency from the 1930s feels different than currency from today. The paper feels smoother, for example. Third, I find it interesting that the serial number from a 1934 hundred dollar bill raised a red flag at the SS. Unless fake 1934 hundreds are being used all over the place would the SS agent that she talked to have a list of serials for such an old series of hundreds? Perhaps this note was counterfeit and the serial was comprised of a made-up block or was less than 8 digits in length (such as S1234567Q). Maybe I will never find out whether the note was real or not but I found this situation to be interesting.

 

I found one like that a while back in change, only occasionally do strap searching, but the paper money dealer I brant it to said it was a spender

 

Your paper money dealer was and/or is a fool. A one dollar 3 digit non-star note in average condition like that typically sells for $20+ on forums such as www.wheresgeorge.com, for example. A 3 digit star note in that condition could expect to sell for quite a bit more. I remember one time I sold a poorer condition 2003 five dollar note that was in the 300s for $25 so for someone to say notes like this are spenders is quite foolish.

 

Yeah, basically any note with a three-digit serial is almost certainly a keeper. Personally I'd keep anything with a four-digit serial, assuming I could afford it.

And NOS, that's a crazy story! Though it does make sense for counterfeiters to produce notes based on the older series. Although the engravings aren't too much less complex, the lack of other security features would make them easier to produce. Coupled with the fact that pre-1996 notes are so uncommon in circulation that people wouldn't be able to spot a fake as easily, it makes a bit of sense to me.

 

Hi, I'm eps, was banned for doing nothing, anyways, mine is a 0000something0*

 

:thumb:

 

Asked around a few banks for $2's and anything old, ended up with a 1963 red seal $2, pretty poor shape, though. Also found five small portrait $50's, a 1977 B-A, a 1981A A-A, a 1985 B-B, a 1988 B-A, and a 1990 L-A. Wish I could afford to keep the 77 and 81A!

Oh, and a strap plus some loose $2's yielded two NIFC notes: 2003 B99957765A and 1995 F99506476H

 

Found 3 stars and a repeater today at work, but one of the cashiers got a crisp AU 1927 red seal $5 when a customer paid for groceries. She had never seen one and thought she hit the jack pot, said $300 couldn't buy it I told I didn't blame her unless someone offered $300 LOL.

 

Do you mean 1928? There wasn't a 1927 series.

 

Seeing as how it was a Friday, I left my university and drove home. I then went to the casino and bought 1,000 singles. I found two 1985's. The first was an E-L which was a surprise because I didn't realize E district went that high for the 1985 series. This L-T is one of the nicest $1 1985's that I have found. It is crisp and in very high-grade of condition. Oh, and for all of you who say these $1 notes from circulation don't carry a premium-- I lost $12.50 playing roulette tonight so one can say they cost me $6.25 each. That sounds like a pretty nice premium to me, haha.