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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 3702483, member: 73489"]Well, let's talk common Saints.  You have the year and grade which are a given.....the variables that change are mint mark (if any) and the items you cited which are more subjective to the naked eye.  Definitely to be considered but subjective and NOT usually included on the slab (except PF, and PL for moderns). With bills, you have the year and grade again....but then you have the Fed District (some common for a common year, others very rare !).....you also have the batch numbers (again, some common, some very rare)....and then you can look at other things that appear on the slab like Light or Dark Green Seals....Silver or Gold Certificate...etc. Put it this way: if you could ask only 3 questions about a coin, you can almost always nail the type and neighborhood for cost (Year, Grade, then probably Mint mark or some other 3rd variable).  But with bills/paper currency, Year + Grade + 3rd variable still leaves alot of variation possible (if you go with Fed District and it's common, what if the Serial Number is a solid or sequential ?  Price would skyrocket).[/QUOTE]