Obsolete Bank Notes

[gtathreeguy]

Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum, this is my 1st post. I joined a membership with PMG a few months ago primarily so that I could send off a couple notes to be graded. 1 of my notes is just fine ($500 grover cleveland) & I have all the info I need (Friedberg #).

 

The other 4 notes, however, I have discovered to be a little more difficult. I'm hoping that someone can help me out with the info I need, or let me know if I'm stressing over nothing.

 

The other 4 notes, are obsolete bank notes. I will attach pix. So I need some sort of "catalog number" or serial number for the grading form. From what I've gathered, obsolete bank notes are tracked with the "haxby numbering" system....but I can't seem to find anything online about it. Or how i would come up with the numbers for my notes. The only thing I can find, is a book for like $300-$400 to purchase online. But that's obviously quite a lot of $$$ that hopefully I can avoid if possible. So I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what the numbers would be for my notes, or if I would be able to just send the notes for grading, without a catalog number. Any help is much appreciated,

 

-- Shaun

[gtathreeguy]

Ok I couldn't get the pix to attach to my post, forum said that they are too large. But here are a couple links to them:

 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/55871351.jpg/

 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/22310086.jpg/

 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/807/32146179.jpg/

 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/525/93084740.jpg/

 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/20120108182510749.jpg/

[JIM F.]

Save your money on the grading fees. These Augusta notes are common even in high grades with a value around $20-30 (each) in AU.

 

 

[mintcollector]

Welcome to the boards. That being said, I love $500 and $1000 notes. Unfortunately I do not know anything about obsoletes. Hopefully, someone else can chime in on this...

[JIM F.]

The one thing about obsoletes is that many have pretty neat designs and they are not very expensive. However, one may want to concentrate on a specific area (geographic, theme or otherwise) otherwise it would be pretty much impossible to put together a cohesive collection. Another area to consider might be confederate as most are affordable and they are an interesting part of our history.

 

 

[gtathreeguy]

Ok thanks for the info. Guess I will prob. need to just focus on something else that would be easier/more profitable to try & pursue.