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Quick Poll about your U.S. paper money collection
OK, quick poll:
1) Do you collect: a) Federal Reserve Notes? b) Silver Certificates? c) United States Notes? d) Gold Certificates? e) Federal Reserve Bank Notes? f) Star notes? g) Web press notes? h) Older notes? 2) Picking one of the above, which is your "main collection"? 3) What is your lowest serial number? (Circulation and "special") 4) What is your highest serial number? (Circulation and "special") 5) What is your best circulation find? 6) Do you have a favorite foreign note? If so, what is it? I'm hoping this creates some discussion, allows us to determine who might be able to help with our own collection, determine who might be good sources for info, and help flush the lurkers of this group. I'll post my own answers in a separate post. John 'been wanting to ask most of these questions for a while' |
1) Do you collect:
I collect: a) Federal Reserve Notes? b) Silver Certificates? c) United States Notes? f) Star notes? g) Web press notes? 2) Picking one of the above, which is your "main collection"? Star notes seem to be my main collecting area right now. 3) What is your lowest serial number? (Circulation and "special") I have a 1995 $1 FRN C 0000 3004 D that I got from circulation. I have no "special release" notes. 4) What is your highest serial number? (Circulation and "special") I just started working on this, and it's a 2003 $1 FRN E 9578 6742 A (that series tops at 9600 0000). I also have an interesting 1995 $2 FRN F 9844 6774 B which was cut from a uncut sheet. 5) What is your best circulation find? 1988-A Web-note, G-P block, 5/8 plates Also a 1934-A $20 FRN in decent shape (if it were a coin, I'd call it XF). 6) Do you have a favorite foreign note? If so, what is it? Bahamas $1 with the colorful marine art on the reverse. John 'told you I'd answer my own questions' |
Star notes.
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"John Patrick" wrote
1) Do you collect: a) Federal Reserve Notes? NO b) Silver Certificates? NO c) United States Notes? NO d) Gold Certificates? NO e) Federal Reserve Bank Notes? NO f) Star notes? NO g) Web press notes? NO h) Older notes? Not sure what you mean. 2) Picking one of the above, which is your "main collection"? I reject all of the above. 3) What is your lowest serial number? (Circulation and "special") Irrelevant 4) What is your highest serial number? (Circulation and "special") Irrelevant 5) What is your best circulation find? Once built a set of A-L Federal Reserve $1 notes. 6) Do you have a favorite foreign note? If so, what is it? France 50 Franc "Little Prince/Antoine de Saint-Exupery." ... allows us to determine who might be able to help ... You parcel US paper into seven arbitrary catagories, and then lump everything else into foreign. I think that if you scan the history here, you will see that if any one kind of paper money predominates, it happens to be Scottish Bank Notes, odd though that may seem. I just came from the library with an armload of books about mining in Michigan's Upper Peninsula because I am working on an article about the notes issued by the Central Mine of Eagle Harbor. They are not on your radar screen, not being "foreign" and not being "Federal." Michael "Laissez faire" |
I just started collecting paper currency from circulation.
As for what I collect, anything that I don't already have, unless its not US, then it's whatever is given to me. I had a worn $1 Series 1989, until I realized that there was NOT a 1989 series :-/ Like I said, I just started collecting currency. US Currency: $1, 1995, F70701333S $1, 1999, B74280873I $1, 1999, L12457482* $1, 2001, G30528550B $1, 2003, A60961609A $2, 1963, A04671961A $2, 1976, G45327402A $2, 1995, F09194695B $2, 2003, I18924186A $5, 1985, G05548078A $5, 1999, BB70344334A $5, 2001, CJ64834444A $10, 1995, F32016544C $10, 1999, BL74551153A $10, 2001, CD46143025A $10, 2003, DL26551543A $20, 1985, F28439721B $20, 1999, BI10335855A $20, 2001, CL53777066A $20, 2004, ED43536427A $50, 2001, CH01039330A I had a $100, that I had just put in my collection a week earlier, but I had to use it to fix a, heh, NSF, at the bank :-( Canada: $1, 1954, W/F 0333903 $1, 1954, N/Z 6594891 $1, 1954, T/F 5118360 Other (From what I can determine, guessing a lot, not really positive as to what they are or what year they are): The Bank of Korea, 1000 Won, date?, s/n 7979364 The Bank of Korea, 5000 Won, date?, s/n 1468648 Magyar Nemzeti Bank, 10 Tiz Forint, 1969?, s/n 063147 Ngan-Hang Quoc-Gia Viet-Nam, 1000 Mot Ngan Dong, date?, s/n 940585 Ngan-Hang Quoc-Gia Viet-Nam, 500 Nam Tram Dong, date?, s/n 437293 Banco Nacional De Cuba, 1 Peso, 1980, s/n 973141 Singapore, $2, date?, s/n wj494355 I just started actively collection currency about a couple weeks ago. I already had the non-US currency and the US 1963 $2, which were all given to me over the years. The rest is what I've put together in the last couple weeks. I just learned what a "web" note is, so now I'm going to start looking for them too. My favorite foreign note? My Ngan-Hang Quoc-Gia Viet-Nam, 500 Nam Tram Dong (I have no idea what this thing is) has a cool picture of a tiger on it. As for my best circulation find, my US 1985 $20, once I realized "old style" notes are getting harder to find ;-). I did ask a teller at a branch for some old style $100s, and they said they hadn't seen one in a long time, and when they do, they "scribble" all over them with their "magic" (whatever-they-are) pens to make sure they aren't counterfeit. Up till now, all I've done is ask the banks for all their $2, so I can turn around and freak people out as I spend them. :-) Scott R. John Patrick wrote: OK, quick poll: 1) Do you collect: a) Federal Reserve Notes? b) Silver Certificates? c) United States Notes? d) Gold Certificates? e) Federal Reserve Bank Notes? f) Star notes? g) Web press notes? h) Older notes? 2) Picking one of the above, which is your "main collection"? 3) What is your lowest serial number? (Circulation and "special") 4) What is your highest serial number? (Circulation and "special") 5) What is your best circulation find? 6) Do you have a favorite foreign note? If so, what is it? I'm hoping this creates some discussion, allows us to determine who might be able to help with our own collection, determine who might be good sources for info, and help flush the lurkers of this group. I'll post my own answers in a separate post. John 'been wanting to ask most of these questions for a while' |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:30:53 GMT, "John Patrick"
wrote: OK, quick poll: 1) Do you collect: a) Federal Reserve Notes? b) Silver Certificates? c) United States Notes? d) Gold Certificates? e) Federal Reserve Bank Notes? f) Star notes? g) Web press notes? h) Older notes? None - I don't specialise in collecting US currency. I do however have an array of US items, including large and small size USnotes, SSs, FRNs, CSA, fractional notes, US-Philippines, tax stamps, tobacco / candy / mutual profit coupons, and Colonial. I also own "The Worst Pair of Deuces in the Lower 48", a wrinkly 1862 with ripped corners and a layer of grunge all over it and a 1976 that appear to have been mangled in machinery and then dropped down the privy a few times. Appears also to have been gnawed on by mice. 2) Picking one of the above, which is your "main collection"? N/A - I'd say my "main" collection is Tibetan notes. Also like notes from around the English imperium and Commonwealth. 3) What is your lowest serial number? (Circulation and "special") A #4949 $3 note from Georgia (1777). Neatest serial no. turns out to be a radar SN: 84648, an 1862 $1 US note. 4) What is your highest serial number? (Circulation and "special") #97660394, an 1899 $1 SS 5) What is your best circulation find? A run of 8 $1 SS star notes; and 15 $2 US notes. Both from trips to the bank. Also from the bank, two $5 SSs and two $5 US notes, and from change in a shop, one $5 SS with a penciled notation "Do Not Spend". ;) 6) Do you have a favorite foreign note? If so, what is it? I'm quite fond of the old white BoE notes (have a 1935 Peppiatt £5, a £100 stage money example and was drooling over the (real) £100 note recently advertised here). Anything Tibetan is a favourite. I'm quite fond of the fr1000 assignat, the 800000000 yuan Hell banknote and the 60 baht square commemorative note. Anything Imperial Chinese is also cool, and I'd like to finnagle one of the Ming dynasty 1 kuan notes some day. Have a number of late imperial era notes issued by various banks and regions, though. 'been wanting to ask most of these questions for a while' Thank you for asking! Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
Michael E. Marotta wrote:
You parcel US paper into seven arbitrary catagories, and then lump everything else into foreign. I think that if you scan the history here, you will see that if any one kind of paper money predominates, it happens to be Scottish Bank Notes, odd though that may seem. I humbly ask for a pardon, Mr. Marotta. My ignorance in these matters obviously pales in comparison to your vast knowledge on paper currencies and will throw myself upon a bed of stakes to appease your anger towards the worthless amateur collector that I am. All sarcasm aside, if you didn't like my poll, you didn't have to answer. Or, you could have answered thusly: "My US paper money interests are normally more of local scrips and notes (such as notes issued by the Central Mine of Eagle Harbor)." I should have thrown in another choice of i) Other but it was late at night. I mostly collect from circulation, and know many here that also grab selected circulation finds (perhaps consider me the Alan Williams of $1 notes). The main purpose of the poll was to determine if anyone else had similar collecting tendencies as I do, in which case there's the odd chance of trading circulation finds to help each other out. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you were in a bad mood when you decided to respond to my poll. Good day, Mr. Marotta. John 'collect and let collect' |
I just came from the library with an armload of books about mining in Michigan's Upper Peninsula because I am working on an article about the notes issued by the Central Mine of Eagle Harbor. The Central Mining Co. has the distinction of being of the very few issuers of the $15 denomination. |
To answer your questions: 1) Do you collect: a) Federal Reserve Notes? YES b) Silver Certificates? YES c) United States Notes? YES d) Gold Certificates? YES e) Federal Reserve Bank Notes? YES f) Star notes? YES g) Web press notes? YES h) Older notes? If you mean pre-1928 then NO. 2) Picking one of the above, which is your "main collection"? ALL small size issues (1928-present). In sheer numbers Federal Reserve Notes outnumber all the others but my main collection is all of the above. 3) What is your lowest serial number? (Circulation and "special") 1928 $1 United States Note A00004334A 4) What is your highest serial number? (Circulation and "special") 1928A $1 Silver Certificate H98174857A Change over pair with 1928 H98174856A 5) What is your best circulation find? 1929 $10 National Currency Milwaukee Charter 64 Serial E029759A 6) Do you have a favorite foreign note? If so, what is it? Singapore Orchid series 1967-1975 (all denominations). Bahamas 1965 & 1968 issues (all denominations). South West Africa 1940's-1950's issues (Standard Bank of South Africa & Volkskas Issues). Most Canadian Chartered Bank issues. I'm hoping this creates some discussion, allows us to determine who might be able to help with our own collection, determine who might be good sources for info, and help flush the lurkers of this group. I'll post my own answers in a separate post. John 'been wanting to ask most of these questions for a while' |
"John Patrick" wrote:
and will throw myself upon a bed of stakes to appease your anger towards the worthless amateur collector that I am. Well, you can't! I already threw myself on the official bed of stakes when I clicked Post Message and then saw "U.S." in the title of the thread. "My US paper money interests are normally more of local scrips and notes (such as notes issued by the Central Mine of Eagle Harbor)." Well, yes, but that would have been the reasonable thing to do. Don't forget those 12 FRNs, A through L, that I collected from circulation. I should have thrown in another choice of i) Other but it was late at night. Ditto: "I should have ... but it was late at night" and I chose to clack out a snappy reply without reading the question. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you were in a bad mood when you decided to respond to my poll. I am always in a bad mood. I have been a grumpy old man since I was 12, only now I have the gray hair to go with it. Michael humbled but not quite humiliated |
Michael E. Marotta wrote:
"John Patrick" wrote: and will throw myself upon a bed of stakes to appease your anger towards the worthless amateur collector that I am. Well, you can't! I already threw myself on the official bed of stakes when I clicked Post Message and then saw "U.S." in the title of the thread. [SNIP] OK, we're both a bit testy, and it showed. I apologize for my snippy response. That district set of FRNs, was it a particular year, particular value, star notes, etc? Of course, our little discussion means that you'll probably find a good circulation find soon and be hooked... :) John |
"John Patrick" wrote:
That district set of FRNs, was it a particular year, particular value, star notes, etc? I was living in Cleveland at the time, on a technical writing project. Cleveland has its own Fed, of course, so there were a lot of those around, but other Letters do circulate, Cleveland being relatively prosperous and cosmopolitan. I think that Atlanta and Kansas City were the last two I found. I did not pay attention to dates, signatures, etc. I did, however, swap out less circulated for more, and eventually got the whole set pretty close to Almost Unc, but not CU by definition. (I don't care what anyone says, you cannot find an uncirculated coin in circulation.) I still have the set, in a special wallet, along with my passport. Also in terms of US Paper, there is one note I need. The FRN $20 from 1914 which shows transportation. I need the little Wright Flyer for my set of banknotes with aviation themes. When I looked at prices, it made no sense to pay so much for VF when for twice that, I could get an Uncirculated... if I could get an unc. As it turns out, price is one thing; availability is another. Michael "still humble" |
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OK, quick poll: 1) Do you collect: a) Federal Reserve Notes? b) Silver Certificates? c) United States Notes? d) Gold Certificates? e) Federal Reserve Bank Notes? f) Star notes? g) Web press notes? h) Older notes? 2) Picking one of the above, which is your "main collection"? 3) What is your lowest serial number? (Circulation and "special") 4) What is your highest serial number? (Circulation and "special") 5) What is your best circulation find? 6) Do you have a favorite foreign note? If so, what is it? I'm hoping this creates some discussion, allows us to determine who might be able to help with our own collection, determine who might be good sources for info, and help flush the lurkers of this group. I'll post my own answers in a separate post. John 'been wanting to ask most of these questions for a while' dear collectors i collect A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H 2 OLDER NTOES 1874 1.00/ NATIONAL CURRENCY 1929 TY 1 50.00 CLEAVLAND OHIO AT BANK COLLECT S ASIA+ CONFEDERATE NOTES SOME ERRORS ALSO KEN JOHNSON |
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:30:53 GMT, "John Patrick"
wrote: OK, quick poll: 1) Do you collect: a) Federal Reserve Notes? b) Silver Certificates? c) United States Notes? d) Gold Certificates? e) Federal Reserve Bank Notes? f) Star notes? g) Web press notes? h) Older notes? i) Error notes. Or more specifically, I am starting to collect them again, after having done so in the early 90's. I also have a smattering of type notes and small notes, but am not actively collecting them. 2) Picking one of the above, which is your "main collection"? error notes, obviously. 3) What is your lowest serial number? (Circulation and "special") Don't know. 4) What is your highest serial number? (Circulation and "special") Something higher than the lowest serial number I have. 5) What is your best circulation find? Can't think of anything good. 6) Do you have a favorite foreign note? If so, what is it? Nope. -- Ed. Stoebenau a #143 |
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