Two Bills With Interesting Serials

I will post pics shortly, but I was just curious if the following bills would have any value.....

$1 Star Note with the serial K00266877* (asking because of the 3 sets of double numbers, and the star)
$5 bill with the serial IE12345629C (asking because of the sequential numbers)

Thank you in advance to anyone with info.

 

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Series?

 

Oh yeah, sorry....both 2006.

 

$1 star is from a Ft Worth printed run of 3.2 million.
$5 is from a Ft Worth run of 25.6 million.

The serials are nothing special, but I'd hang on to the $1 because it's a star, and I'd spend the $5.

Lots of note info here: http://www.uspapermoney.info/

 

I thought the serial for the $5 was a ladder serial, is this an incorrect assumption?

 

Only if it's the entire serial number. Close...but no cigar.

 

I was reading up on serials the other day, and maybe the information I read was incorrect, but it said a ladder is any up or down sequence of numbers on a bill, and that one that had all digits sequential was called a complete or perfect ladder, but that this bill would still be considered a ladder. And a very similar bill to mine has a current bid of $124.99 on ebay....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12345671-Ne...-5-Bill-2006-PCGS-Gem-66ppq-OBO-/261035995585

I'm not saying if anyone is right or wrong, I am just admitting I am completely new and ignorant on the topic, and I can't seem to get clarification. Everyone I ask says close but no cigar, but everything I read says it's good. I guess I can try it out on ebay and see how it goes?

 

I don't have an answer for you, but will note one mistake you are making, and that is looking at "current" auctions for fair market pricing. Always look at "completed listings", and only those completed listings that actually sold...

 

Ok, I see what you're saying. For the ones that have sold that were also not complete ladders, they sell for $20-$25 on average. That just means I can sell it and buy more stuff

 

It's called a partial ladder (by ebay sellers). For an actual banknote collector, it would be passed on.

 

Agreed, the partial/broken ladder is more curiousity than collectibility...

 

Ebay sellers will tell you anything to make you think their item is special to get you to buy it. Don't trust Ebay sellers when they say partial ladder or broken ladder. The also call serials with 2 and 3 leading zeros low numbers. Don't buy it.

Look here for more info on fancy serials: http://www.iccurrency.com/ref_fancy.htm

And here: http://www.coolserialnumbers.com/FancySerialNumbers.aspx