Fenntucky Mike

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How about some scrip today.

I think someone needs to start a Lucky Number coolness factor online generator.  

On 8/3/2021 at 12:58 AM, David_Grand said:

Personally serial numbers don't do much for me unless they are 99 or less.  Now those are cool!

Solid serial numbers or serial numbers 10 or lower seem to pull the biggest premiums in the U.S.. I'm with you on anything under 100, those are keepers. 

Lucky #'s are a whole different ballgame, they aren't talked about much in the U.S. because not many people care but in the Asian markets they are bigtime popular. If you get the right combination of lucky numbers on a banknote, lookout, it could be worth a pretty good premium.

I can't tell you how many supposed fancy numbers I see on ebay that are not but the one thing they all seem to have in common is that the coolness factor is mentioned in the description. At least more often than not from what I've seen.

Good Luck in finding a note with a Fancy Number, post it here in the Fancy Numbers thread if you find one. 

On 7/31/2021 at 8:39 PM, Wyrostek7 said:

Hello everyone,

I came across this note in my change and am pretty sure it qualifies as a unique serial number. Is there somewhere online that can give an accurate value if there is one? I was also curious if there is anywhere other than eBay to sell bills or is this the preferred method? Sorry for so many questions, I am a complete newb.

$1 bill serial number - L 46969698 M

Hello and welcome to the Forum,

I'm sorry but that is not a fancy serial #, it's very close to a rotator if instead of the 4 there was another 8 at the start of the number but beyond that nothing. Here is a link to an article describing some of the Fancy serial numbers that PMG recognizes. Fancy Serial Numbers On Currency | PMG (pmgnotes.com) That coolness factor, while fun, is total B.S. and misleads people too much in my opinion. If you're trying to use that as some sort of indicator I'd say a note needs to be over 98% cool  and ignore all that palindrome, trinary, etc. nonsense. Also even if it were a fancy serial number condition still has a HUGE factor in determining value, if your note did have a fancy serial number it would only be worth slightly more than face value depending on the type of fancy #.

Welcome to the forum,

I would say those are worth around $40, an almost identical (same FRB, same run) un cut sheet of 4 sold on ebay this month for 39.99 which included the display folder from the BEP. I don't think the condition warrants grading and that they'd be better off enjoyed as is. They must have sold these as collector items so there is probably a lot of them out there but still a very neat set to have, I love it. 

FYI,

I responded to your other post as well, didn't notice this one at the time. Thanks for posting a pic. 

Sorry not trying to be mean but I tend not to click on links from new posters, as a general rule, so if you could post the image here that would be great.

I took a quick look online and it seems that these sell for around $40 in good condition for common block #s, based on only that information they are probably not worth grading. BUT if you can post a few pics of the front and back that would be great as there are several factors that could affect the value. Unless they are in poor condition I would say $40 is the least they would be worth and have potential to go up from there. Are they start notes, came in a folder from the BEP?

I've been contemplating a short set of Greek billion dollar notes for a while now, definitely on my short list of new sets to consider. 

On 7/18/2021 at 9:27 AM, Ed Calhoun said:

Do you think it would be worth anything and should I send it to get certified?

No, nothing above face value, and absolutely not. These stamps are sold online and there are probably thousands or ten of thousands, maybe more, of Tubman stamped twenty dollar bills floating around. Anyone can get a stamp, a $20 banknote and do this, it's nothing more than a novelty or at best a souvenir/keepsake and only worth $20. 

On 7/18/2021 at 9:18 AM, Ed Calhoun said:

Do you think that it what it is, I thought it kind of looks like it was Franklin lips and nose. Thank you for the input.

Definitely not Franklin, I'm pretty certain it's a Tubman stamp and if I looked around I could probably find which one was use. Regardless it's not an error.

I don't think it's an error, my best guess would be that someone hand stamped a Harriet Tubman portrait over the Jackson portrait. 

2 hours ago, luckyrollers said:

Look more like a bank teller stamp.

Yep, or someone was bored. 

Now this is a good looking note!

Maybe it's the paper but I'd be very surprised most likely the note was altered somehow, either on purpose or accidentally, or an ink transfer, or it's normal. Post this over on Paper Money Forum, some pretty knowledgeable people over there. They might be able to shed more light on this.

33 minutes ago, N2PHJ said:

You can see thru it without holding it up to the light.  It's not an offset printing error nor is it washed or faded.  Thank you.

I agree, not offset printing. So you're saying it was printed on the wrong paper, bleed through or transfer. Maybe a wet ink transfer, again I haven't seen it on both sides before.

Hi, 

Welcome to the Forum.

The $2 notes are novelty items and are not worth grading in my opinion, at best I would think they are only worth face value or slightly more. The $50 with ink blead through, I think you're talking about THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above grant, I would lean towards calling that heavy embossing but I could change my mind if you post a pic of the back. In either case I don't think it would bring much of a premium. The $1 radar is nice and is typically worth under $50 at that grade. The silver certificate is not a repeater serial number, I think, as to my knowledge the entire serial number must repeat and the last two digits, "88", do not repeat with the first six digits, 528528. Sorry, not trying to rain on your parade.

To me it looks how I would expect if I was holding it over/up to a light. Does it look like this when holding it in hand under normal lighting conditions?  An offset printing error would look like this but I've never seen it on both sides and it doesn't look quite right to me the offset images look "washed/faded". I'm not an error expert and I'm a little skeptical at this point but if it is a legitimate offset printing error on both sides it would be a spectacular find. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in soon.

53 minutes ago, luckyrollers said:

Nice! 

Looks like damage to me but let's see what others think over at NGC. 

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Steve is that you?!

What makes it unique? Are you proposing an additional "D" as you mentioned across the isle on the NGC Forum? If that's the case then I'm a no on that theory. 

Can you take some close ups of the area in question?

14 hours ago, Selmz said:

I just want to get my wheat penny checked out asap thru photo??

Post a photo, we'll take a look. 

14 hours ago, Selmz said:

a penny the world has yet to see.

I'm very curious now, that's a lot of hype.

FYI, this site is for paper money if you want more opinions on your cent post a photo over at Forums - NGC Coin Collectors Chat Boards 

8 hours ago, Revenant said:

The price on everything is going up... assuming you can get it at all. 

True that.

In general I'm not really seeing any increases in most notes I've purchased the last year compared to the previous. There will be to occasional battle over a high grade, 68 - 69, but beyond that nothing earth shattering. The note in the OP I'm going to chalk up as an anomaly, I have two of those notes and they were both under $50 a piece, one I purchased roughly 6 months ago. When a note that typically goes for around $50 sells for almost $200 your mouth tends to drop. I guess I'm just wondering if banknotes are late to the game and if we will see significant price increases similar to other collecting sectors. Hmmm, that's what I should have said in the OP.