Post Your Radars & Repeaters !! 0

[GoldFinger1969]

Thought a thread on these 2 kinds of fancy SNs might generate some interest.

I'll start off with one of each...a Radar AND Repeater !   Both recent....pretty high grades.  Got them back in 2019 or 2020.

 

[Fenntucky Mike]

Binary-Radar-Rotator

[GoldFinger1969]

I like the artwork on that note, Mike.

What country and who is the lady ?

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 3/5/2024 at 2:53 PM, GoldFinger1969 said:

I like the artwork on that note, Mike.

I like it to, one of my favorite notes.

On 3/5/2024 at 2:53 PM, GoldFinger1969 said:

What country and who is the lady ?

The note is from Ukraine and the portrait is of Lesya Ukrainka.

Here is a little write up, Journal Entry, I did on her and the use of her likeness on Ukrainian currency from a few years back.

 

[GoldFinger1969]

HA had a weekly currency auction last night.  Lots of modern radars and repeators, and I never heard of it before but something called a "rotator" which I will investigate further.

Prices seemed higher in general than a few years ago but every now and then you had a bill go for 2-3x the prices of others.  Could be a rarer block or just the composition of the fancy SN's -- tough for me to tell.

This one went for $456 (w/bp):

https://currency.ha.com/itm/small-size/federal-reserve-notes/fancy-radar-serial-number-77700777-fr-1921-a-1-1995-federal-reserve-note-pmg-gem-uncirculated-65-epq/a/142410-81370.s

They like to package them in twos (2 bills auctioned at the same time) so adjusting for that it appears that for common modern "fancy" SN's the prices have about DOUBLED in the last 4-5 years.  My own records indicate I was buying a bunch of Quads, Repeaters, and Radars for $35-$50 (for 1 bill) and the cheapest I saw last night for a pair was $89 with most going for about $125 for a pair.

[TheRedStream]

This is my only one I have.

[GoldFinger1969]

I take it you found it, TRS ? 

It's tough to get a special note -- let alone in top condition (EF quality, 40 or above) -- unless it's certified and you get it from another collector via LCS, auction, coin show, etc .

[Fenntucky Mike]

[TheRedStream]

Yes Goldfinger, I found that dollar in my change one day. It was what got me into collecting.

[Fenntucky Mike]

A trifecta.