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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 754359, member: 2486&quot;]MorganMan:</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is an interesting question. The responses I have read thus far seem to fit the personalities of the collector&#039;s themselves from a viewpoint of how they post and what their interest are when conveyed in these post&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, I have several different groups of Notes I collect ie.. Large Size, Small Size, Fractionals, and Obsoletes. Each one of these groups has sub groups by Series or Issue. One factor for me is to add nothing to my collection below a Grade of AU58 and thus far only 4 exceptions have entered the collection (due to availibility).</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, Large Size (Large Brown Seal Notes) Legal Tender is an area I have strong interest in. It is my preference to collect Fr# 100, 101, and 102.</p><p>Each of these $10 (Jackass Notes) Series Fr# notes have&nbsp; &quot;Red Serial Numbers&quot; as do the $1, $2, and $5 Notes. </p><p>It is a goal on these notes to complete the 3 note set for each denomination $1, $2, $5 and $10. The $20 Large Brown Seals have Blue Serial Numbers and get very expensive very fast in high grade as do all the notes in all denominations for this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>So for me..each Series of Notes that I collect have their own special requirements depending on what I want to do within that Series.</p><p>What I will tell you is that I spend hundreds of hours searching on a daily basis to find the very best notes I can. I work hard to be able to purchase these notes and plan well ahead of time. I establish relationships with select Dealers and build a trust with them.. when the 5-10K notes come along I have the integrity and past business relationships with these dealers to put the note on terms and meeting that demand is at times challenging as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is easy to spend in excess of 60-80K a year on notes for the collection, the nice thing is with market fluctuations, you sometimes get better deals than other times. It all evens out when you are after a high end collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that best explains it for you...as my methods vary like the weather, depending upon the note I am after.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Nice1005.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Nice1007.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Nice1009.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Nice1011.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Fr100.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Set of&nbsp; Small Size&nbsp; Series 1934 C Stars took me&nbsp; 4 years to assemble.</p><p>The amount of time, conversation and late hour auctions proved to be the best route.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Currency/Stars004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Currency/34c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the **New Back** $20 The&nbsp; Old Back is below</p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Currency/Stars001.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Currency/34COldBackStar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/Currency/Stars003.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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