Fenntucky Mike

I'd say between $50-$100.

What is the prefix letter? Is it "A" or something else?

I'm not seeing anything worth over $100 imo, or at least right around there. They all seem to be fairly common notes, well, notes from FRB's that come up for sale with some frequency, and are in heavily circulated condition, and that paper clip stain really puts a hurting on their value.

Hello, welcome to the forum. I see what looks like blotchiness on the note, makes me wonder if the seal and serial numbers weren't removed on purpose or due to other factors. The other odd thing is that both seals and serial numbers are applied at the same time during the third printing, that you have the left seal and four "5's" makes me suspicious as well. This is not a note that I would purchase site unseen, online, unless it was authenticated by a TPG or it was a screaming deal with little to no risk. If it was authenticated as a missing or obstructed print error the value would be around a few hundred dollars.

To get top dollar your best bet is to probably sell through an auction house depending on what the collection consists of. Auction houses will charge a fee per item to sell them but the fee is probably less than the discount you would have to take to sell them to a dealer. Of course some people don't want to go through the long process of selling a collection via auction and even though they sell the collection at a discount to a dealer the seller still comes out way ahead sometimes due to the prices they paid when purchasing the notes and the length of time they held them.

What you're looking for doesn't exist as far as I know and if it did it is definitely not available to the general public. You can try contacting PMG directly to see if they can provide the information you're looking for but if I remember correctly I believe I read that PMG does not keep a record of serial numbers that have been graded. Let us know if PMG was able to help you. Good luck.

https://currency.ha.com/itm/obsoletes-by-state/louisiana/new-orleans-la-city-of-new-orleans-3-jan-1-1868-pmg-extremely-fine-40/a/142218-81115.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 https://currency.ha.com/itm/obsoletes-by-state/louisiana/new-orleans-la-city-of-new-orleans-3-jan-1-1868-pmg-very-fine-25/a/142145-82175.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 https://currency.ha.com/itm/obsoletes-by-state/louisiana/new-orleans-la-city-of-new-orleans-3-jan-1-1868-very-fine-extremely-fine/a/141937-82110.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 https://currency.ha.com/itm/obsoletes-by-state/louisiana/new-orleans-la-city-of-new-orleans-2-2-3-1862-68-total-3-notes-/a/141636-81082.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 https://currency.ha.com/itm/obsoletes-by-state/louisiana/new-orleans-la-city-of-new-orleans-3-jan-1-1868-pcgs-very-fine-30ppq/a/3539-19465.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Welcome to the forum. I don't know the value of such notes but having a professional remove them may not be worth the expense, if the price tag for these is relatively low I would maybe try removing them myself. If removed from the mounting PMG will most likely label them as specimens with the annotation of having been previously mounted. Uniface specimens are not all that uncommon and since yours are all either perforated or overprinted with the word specimen I think there is little doubt that PMG would label them as such. If removed successfully there will always be evidence/signs on the note that it was previously mounted whether you do it yourself or have a professional do it. If the notes were successfully removed from the mounting and sent to PMG I would consider paying a little extra to have them encapsulated in a dual holder to keep the two halves together.

The fonts are the same, just more ink on the right side number. Well within BEP tolerances and no added value.

https://www.ha.com/ Just type the description of your note in the search bar and scroll to the bottom of the results to find the past auction results, you'll have to click on the "View All Matches" button. Heritage Auctions is just one of many auction houses to search and find notes sold and prices realized.

Finally arrived yesterday.

I'd call it a scarce note. I took a look over at the HA archives and several have been sold through them over the years, most recent in 2019. Take the PMG population reports with a grain of salt, they are not necessarily a reflection of what is actually out in the wild. Quite the opposite sometimes.

The suffix can be any letter except O & Z.

Yes. What kind of notes are you sending in?