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[Jesse Dodd]

I'm a newbie and I was going to submit some bills. On the form it asks for a Catalog # and a $5 charge if the wrong one is input. I don't really know what that is nor how to find it. Can someone help?

Edited August 16, 2023 by Jesse Dodd

[Fenntucky Mike]

Welcome to the Forum,

For U.S. notes PMG would want the Friedberg # (Fr.) found in the reference Paper Money of the United States, for world notes the Pick # found in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. If you don't have either reference you can usually find the #'s on the labels of notes graded by a TPG. The # you write down doesn't necessarily have to be correct, as they usually accept something "in the neighborhood" but it shouldn't be to hard to find the correct #'s. If you post picks, front and back, of the notes I could take a look when I have time.

Good luck.

[Jesse Dodd]

Thank you Fenntucky Mike! I've attached some notes. I'd like to learn and be pointed to resources that teach this. I've never heard of this catalog # thing. What about early US notes? I've attached one of those also.

[Fenntucky Mike]

The big head $100 is Fr 2178-A, the series 2013 * is Fr 2188-B*, neither are worth submitting IMO. The fractional is Fr 1265 and is probably not worth the cost of sending in either. It depends on why you want to submit them, if it's just "because" or for whatever reason, and you don't care about recouping the cost then cool, if to increase their value above and beyond the grading fees then probably not so much. 

Paper Money of the United States covers most if not all U.S. notes issued by the government, if you were going to purchase a reference for U.S. currency I'd start with that. 

 

[Jesse Dodd]

Thanks for the guidance. Yea, I wasn't sure on whether I was going to submit or not. I'll be in the "just because" category for now. I have others I was thinking on doing but for now I am learning. I did find a site to help me understand those category numbers.

 

Shalom!