Wondering value on awesome Star note finds and older 1963A series 20's`

Found these at work the other day. Some AWESOME finds. Wondering how much some of these are worth because I keep finding great older bills and need to get rid of some of the thousands of dollars now lying in my room of better money. I got rid of the junkier stuff.

None of them have any tears just varying forms of circulation.

Here are the stars










and the twenties

 

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The easiest way to determine value, (what they sell for at auction or "Buy it Now"), is FIRST, log-on to eBay and go to Paper Money US > Small Size Notes > Federal Reserve Notes, and then type in the YEAR and denomination ($1, $10, $20, etc) and then the word STAR, and look at the notes similar to your note in CONDITION, YEAR, STAR/NON-STAR, and then "watch" the auction and see what the notes sell for. This should get you a "real world" idea of the value......or you could go out, and buy one of the many currency guides, learn how to grade the notes, and this will get you the "book value", which is sometimes close, but not as close as the "real world" value. Hope this helps.

 

Or if you are searching eBay, use the Advanced Search, use the same keywords as Steve mentioned and select "completed auctions" for recent listings.

 

cool thanks! Never knew you could see completed listings? News to me!

 

Ebay, Heritage and the many other auction sites are great ways to check on current pricing for notes. But there are times you may not find a recently completed sale for a 1981 $20 Boston star note for example. There are several books out that will give you information to look for on possible varieties, printage numbers ect. It would be worth picking a book or two up since alot of auctions on Ebay have sellers that truely do not know they have a wide edge variety vs's a small edge. a small mistake like that could end their auction earning them lots less then it might have.

 

Good point Jon.
I have also made friends, and been a customer of many currency dealers that have websites with pricing on notes for sale. Before bidding or purchasing a desired note, I check with them for possible discounts, and advise. Why bid $20 on a note they have in inventory for $15 (just an example). Currency collecting is an ongoing education that pays dividends to those that do their homework.

 

them sure is some nice finds, wish I was that lucky. then again I dont work with money on a day to day basis.

 

thanks! Yah I'll have to maybe pick a book or 2 up. Thanks.

 

Paper Money of the United States: A Complete Illustrated Guide With Valuations
and
Standard Guide to Small Size U. S. Paper Money 1928 to Date
and
I cant find a link to the book, but the title is something like the Comprehenive guide to United States paper money - or something like that lol. I have the book at at home, but cannot remember the title.

There are litteraly dozens of great books that can help, but the above are the ones i use most for US notes.

 

The Comprehensive Catalog of U.S. Paper Money by Gene Hessler

 

lol thanks Krispy, i tried several search strings on google, and nothing popped up

 

thanks Appreciate it! Sorry didn't get on till now.