Coin_Surfer
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I have heard that some people search dollar bills. I was wondering what you would look for and what denomination of dollars you would search. Does anybody know?
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toysoldier2
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No Easy Answer
There is no easy answer to this. It all depends on what you are looking for. Unless it is a note with a Blue Seal (Silver Certificate) or a Red Seal (Legal Tender note) Brown Seal (National and Hawaii notes), Gold Seal (Gold Note), Yellow Seal (Africa), it probably will be a note with a Green Seal (common in today's currency). The one dollar bill (Green Seal) is the best example. It was first printed in 1963 (but beware, paper money is not like coins, the note may say 1968 but it could actually be printed 3 years later). I have some friends at I HOP who check their drawer for goodies (and yes they do replace the money). They look for things like STAR NOTES (notes with a star at the end of the serial number instead of a letter), LADDERS (notes with serial numbers that go up like 12345678 or down 87654321, notes with whole numbers such as 66666666, note where the serial numbers don't match, notes with other errors such as inking, folds, or missing components. And just like coins, paper money value is based on things such as scarcity (how many were printed) and condition (notes are graded on a scale of 0 to 70). Some Reserve Districts (there are 12) are more collected than others: mostly because there are more notes printed in a District that has a larger population, say like Chicago, than there was in Boston (so the Boston notes would normally be more valuable). This is just the tip of the iceberg, there are so many other things such as different printing plants (2) and WEB notes. A couple of good references are: Standard Guide to Small-Size US Paper Money and Standard Catalog of US Paper Money.
There is no easy answer to this. It all depends on what you are looking for. Unless it is a note with a Blue Seal (Silver Certificate) or a Red Seal (Legal Tender note) Brown Seal (National and Hawaii notes), Gold Seal (Gold Note), Yellow Seal (Africa), it probably will be a note with a Green Seal (common in today's currency). The one dollar bill (Green Seal) is the best example. It was first printed in 1963 (but beware, paper money is not like coins, the note may say 1968 but it could actually be printed 3 years later). I have some friends at I HOP who check their drawer for goodies (and yes they do replace the money). They look for things like STAR NOTES (notes with a star at the end of the serial number instead of a letter), LADDERS (notes with serial numbers that go up like 12345678 or down 87654321, notes with whole numbers such as 66666666, note where the serial numbers don't match, notes with other errors such as inking, folds, or missing components. And just like coins, paper money value is based on things such as scarcity (how many were printed) and condition (notes are graded on a scale of 0 to 70). Some Reserve Districts (there are 12) are more collected than others: mostly because there are more notes printed in a District that has a larger population, say like Chicago, than there was in Boston (so the Boston notes would normally be more valuable). This is just the tip of the iceberg, there are so many other things such as different printing plants (2) and WEB notes. A couple of good references are: Standard Guide to Small-Size US Paper Money and Standard Catalog of US Paper Money.
Red James Cash
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more examples of serial numbers, bookends would be 55123455,repeaters 00290029.theres quite a few different ones,the website i used disappeared.I havent looked for a new one yet.
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