Highly-Graded Bills -- Any Bill Type 0

[GoldFinger1969]

Got any highly-graded bills ? 

Could be a recent bill with no special attributes that is a 69 or even 70 (not sure I have seen many 70's !!)....or a somewhat older bill from the last 100 years that is in the high-60's....or maybe pre-1900 where "high" could be in the 50's or 40's.

Here's a Silver Certificate that graded 68 from the 1957 Series.

Edited March 18 by GoldFinger1969

[Fenntucky Mike]

70's are fairly rare when it comes to notes, much tougher for a note to graded 70 than a coin imo, and the prices for 70's are usually outrageous. I like to try and pick up notes graded 68 and stay away from 69 & 70 as the price is not worth it.

Here is my only 70 graded note, a test note from 2008.

[GoldFinger1969]

On 3/18/2024 at 6:19 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

70's are fairly rare when it comes to notes, much tougher for a note to graded 70 than a coin imo, and the prices for 70's are usually outrageous.I try and pick up notes graded 68 and stay away from 69 & 70 as the price is not worth it.

Why is that, Mike ?  I would think with all the bills printed -- billions each year -- you'd get some70's there.

Agree on the need to avoid the inflection-point price.  I saw an MS-69 1995-W ASE, the key date for that coin, did NOT get any bids at $3,750 on GC the other night.

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 3/18/2024 at 4:22 PM, GoldFinger1969 said:

Why is that, Mike ?  I would think with all the bills printed -- billions each year -- you'd get some70's there.

Notes are more easily damaged by handling. There are other factors that I have not quantified like the number of coin collectors vs note collectors, the amount of NCLT coins and mint sets graded vs presentation notes, total number of each  and the percent that graded 70, etc. but my gut feeling is that notes graded 70 far less than coins. In the end I feel it comes down to that notes are more fragile.