Fenntucky Mike

On 9/10/2021 at 7:17 PM, Gnat said:

As some Forum members are aware, I am selling substantially all of my small size Federal Reserve Notes in Stack's November Baltimore Signature Sale and in Monthly Collectors' Choice sales for Oct, Nov, & Dec.  This includes all of my best San Francisco notes as well as scarce and rare FRNs from other Districts. Nothing of substance is being held back -- only some duplicates and modern issues are not being sold.   

The consignment of over 800 notes includes a number of unique notes, top pop notes, many early and top grade stars, as well as the largest sale of late finished plates (637, 629 and 204 FRNS), scarce and rare FRN mules, etc.  Many of these have never been offered publicly, and undoubtedly may not appear again for some time. 

The time seems right to refocus my currency collecting interests, and since I am not getting any younger, to scale my currency obsession back a bit. 

As many of you are aware, this offering features the best collection of San Francisco District small size notes ever formed. I was very honored to receive one of PMG’s Best US Set 2020 award for the San Francisco $5 Feds in my collection – which also includes a fair number of PCGS graded notes as well.  It was also fun to briefly take the top spot in PMG’s $5 Federal Reserve Series Set.

While this collection has a focus on the San Francisco District, it is far more comprehensive in scope. Rare stars and approximately 170 Top Pop notes from all twelve Fed Districts, spanning Series 1928 to 2013, are represented in $5, $10 and $20 denominations. Also included are a number of fancy and high grade San Francisco $1 FRNs and early $50 & $100 SF stars.  A large number of radar, repeater and low serial and other “fun” notes that spiced up my collecting are being sold as well.

Also being offered are my Hawaii Emergency issues, including several Top Pop notes, and likely the best complete set of $20 Hawaii varieties.

I really want to thank the many fellow collectors, and more than a few trusted dealers, that have helped me through the several decades it has taken to build my collection, and perhaps just as importantly, shared their knowledge about these bits of monetary history.  We are all just temporary caretakers of these notes and I sincerely hope that the new custodians will enjoy them as much as I have.

Well said and congratulations on having assembled these wonderful sets. 

On 9/9/2021 at 9:05 PM, Revenant said:

The scam bot accounts are getting a bit out of hand at the moment... I've never seen them stack 3 deep on a thread before.

They are just loving this thread, some of the ones about the mail order bides were a bit juicy I reported at least one of them.

On 9/9/2021 at 9:07 PM, Revenant said:

Something went badly wrong with that brief maintenance but I'm glad to be back at last. 

OMG, we're back!

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 

On 8/22/2021 at 7:33 PM, The HRS Collection said:

Thank you I shall do that! These are literally the first notes I've ever sent but probably won't be the last. Just worried as on the invoice it said it was essential information. 

You mention SCWP is this a works catalogue for notes?

With regards

Matt

The SCWPM (Sorry, left the "M" out in my last post) is the #1 reference for world paper money and what PMG typically uses. I think the latest edition of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money is the 25th edition published in 2019 and I didn't see your notes in it. Banknotes are very popular in China and there are probably other reference catalogs out there but I don't know what they are. 

Looks like the top note is a Fr#1961-E and the bottom a Fr#1966-B, I'm not very familiar with these but it looks like they could be worth a little bit of money if they are in as good of condition as you say they are. The top one has some margin issues, particularly on the front, and the bottom one looks to me like it may have been folded down the center. When ever I see a line where the ink is faded, on the front and back, I get suspicious. I have a feeling that they are both worth more than face value but not much and that a dealer was handing them out as a nice gesture/conversation piece. If you go to Heritage Auctions and search their archives using those Fr#'s, with $5 at the end, you'll get to see a bunch of examples of those notes for comparison. 

In general when dealing with banknotes you're looking for no folds, minimal creasing/handling, no soiling, sharp corners, even margins, good ink, good embossing on the overprint, no signs of pressing and just a good clean note. Do some more research and see if they are from an unusual FRB or have hard to find block numbers or signatures, in my quick searching it doesn't look like it but it might be worth a deep dive to check it out further. Regardless, I think that they are worth keeping but probably not worth grading. Good luck. 

I'm not sure that they have Pick #s. Both are silver foil commemoratives and neither are in the latest edition of the SCWP, so I would say you're good leaving the catalog section blank.

Try posting this in the ASK PMG section, Jennifer is pretty good at answering questions there. 

Glad to see you're enjoying these notes. That is a nice looking note but the serial number is not a fancy one, here is a list of the basic Fancy serial #'s that PMG recognizes.

Fancy Serial Numbers On Currency | PMG (pmgnotes.com)

On 8/22/2021 at 10:37 AM, Revenant said:

I think the next thing I'd be inclined towards for building out "Gradually, then Suddenly," Would be adding more contemporary (2009-2018) notes from South Africa, Botswana and the other countries that made up the multi-currency period.

As a stand alone sig set or add them to GTS? 

On 8/22/2021 at 10:04 AM, Revenant said:

Now go set a challenge for yourself of building an AB set while I just sit here with my matched set of AAs. 

 Pass.

Although with short sets like this one, consisting of only 5 notes, it's tempting to assemble sets by prefix. 

On 8/21/2021 at 8:09 PM, Revenant said:

Of course, naturally I get the AA.

Seriously though, if you want to trade just let me know. 

Just received this in the mail today. Hey, @Revenantwas yours an AB prefix as well?

Not a Fancy number, worth face value. Spend it. 

Hello and welcome to the Forum, 

That serial number is definitely a difficult one to find in the wild and would be a keeper in my collection.  It's not a fancy serial number so its collector value is not much, I'd say it's worth a few dollars over face value maybe more if you can find someone looking for a ringer to play liar's poker with.

Here is a list of some of the fancy #'s PMG recognize. Fancy Serial Numbers On Currency | PMG (pmgnotes.com) 

Hot off the presses! The Pick number was assigned very fast for this, makes me wonder if PMG took this over since SCWP was bought by PP.

Hi,

Looking to get a slot added in the set  Ukrainian National Bank, 1991-Date, Issued Notes, Complete for Pick #127c, Cert # 8088001-093.

Thanks,

Mike

On 8/15/2021 at 12:44 PM, Big Timmy said:

Thanks Mike. I picked it up on eBay for less than $30. I try to find those good deals. I thought it would be worth at least 4 times over what I bid. I'm new to these fractionals.

For under $30 you did good.

Thanks for the new pic of the front.

Based on the new pics I think 64 is a longshot and from what I've seen that's the number you'd needed to hit to cover the grading fees. If it were to grade 64 EPQ it would be around a $200 note, if it's me I would just buy the note graded and not take the chance or just leave it and stick it in a nice top load holder and enjoy it as is.

On 8/13/2021 at 2:50 PM, Revenant said:

But yeah. Enjoy buying the art markers he was using. Those things ain't cheap either, yo! I say this as a former high-school art-brat.  

Hmm, maybe I'll skip the colors and go with origami. It won't cost me anything extra and I can always unfold it later if I need it. 

On 8/13/2021 at 2:43 PM, Revenant said:

If you watch the video through he addresses that and the answer is 100%, "No." It is no longer legal tender once you deface it. He used a $100 bill as the world's most expensive piece of art paper.

Had the sound off , but pass!  I don't think I'll be doing that anytime soon but it did look cool. Maybe I should get a brick of Bolivares and practice my artistic skills.

On 8/13/2021 at 2:13 PM, Revenant said:

Going to start getting into Bolivares now?  

Nope, not planning on it, but you never know. 

On 8/13/2021 at 2:34 PM, Revenant said:

In fairness though, some people don't care how much their art supplies cost and will use a US $50 or $100 bill for paper to draw on.

 

That made my wallet hurt to watch that. I wonder if a bank would accept a defaced bill like that, I wouldn't take the chance.

On 8/13/2021 at 11:08 AM, Ramram said:

It's misaligned I just wanna know if it's worth anything please and thank you

Hello and welcome to the Forum,

It's not misaligned enough to make it worth anything more than face value. Typically people are looking for the misalignment to be significant enough where there are parts of the design missing or parts of another note are visible or the design is crooked or the overprint is out of position, etc.. This note has none of that, spend it and keep looking.

I imagine this happens in most countries where hyperinflation is occurring I just though some of this was interesting/neat. Their are numerous stories like this on the web if you feel like searching. 

On 8/9/2021 at 6:32 PM, Big Timmy said:

Hello. I'm new to pmg. Not new to collecting US paper or coins though. I just received this today. I am thinking about getting it professionally graded. The only distraction that I can see is the off center reverse. 2nd issue 10 cents #1244.

Hello and welcome to the Forum,

I'm not familiar with these but I did a quick search of sold listings and it looks like it would need to grade in the 63 - 64 range to offset the grading fees, assuming you paid a fair price for it, asking prices for these graded 63 - 64 are around the $120 - $170 range on ebay. I agree that the centering on the reverse is the biggest issue I see but the  picture of the front is a little blurry. It's tough to tell condition of a note based solely on pictures as lighting and the angle of the shot can hide things. That being said, overall it looks like a really clean note and one that might be worthy of grading. If the notes condition is actually as good as it seems in the pictures I don't think the reverse centering will hold the note back too much, maybe one grade level. Based on those pics I'd say it's right in that 62 - 64 range. If you get a chance, you should start a new thread for this note and post a few more pics. You'll get more feedback if you start a separate thread for this note otherwise It'll get buried in this one and people might not see it.

Hello and welcome to the Forum,

In general modern star notes are usually not worth much more than face value unless they came from a short print run or there is something else unusual about the note. Your note appears to have come from a very large run of 3,200,000 star notes, it is in circulated condition and does not have a fancy serial number. Based on that I'd say it has a value of around $2, maybe, definitely a keeper for an album if you collect. 

My Currency Collection is not a bad site to checkout for these. Star Note Lookup | My Currency Collection 

Or you could always go direct to the BEP for recent production numbers. U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Monthly Production Reports (moneyfactory.gov)