Have a question about a very old dollar bill i have. Read for detials
 

i have a old dollar bill w/ some signatures all over it...was this a tradition in the olden days??
just curious...probably nothing..but the signatures are really nice as far as penmanship goes
and it's this nice deep brown color...wish i could make out some of the names..perhaps they are
autographs of famous ppl or maybe just signatures of friends...but anyways..just was wondering..
i also have some others..i'll break them out in a minute and do another post..interesting in knowing
how much they are worth.

If the note is of W.W.II vintage it's probably army buddies that have
signed the note, they are collectable. Billy


lid wrote:

i have a old dollar bill w/ some signatures all over it...was this a tradition in the olden days??
just curious...probably nothing..but the signatures are really nice as far as penmanship goes
and it's this nice deep brown color...wish i could make out some of the names..perhaps they are
autographs of famous ppl or maybe just signatures of friends...but anyways..just was wondering..
i also have some others..i'll break them out in a minute and do another post..interesting in knowing
how much they are worth.

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 05:32:20 GMT,
wrote:

i have a old dollar bill w/ some signatures all over it...was this a tradition in the olden days??
just curious...probably nothing..but the signatures are really nice as far as penmanship goes
and it's this nice deep brown color...wish i could make out some of the names..perhaps they are
autographs of famous ppl or maybe just signatures of friends...but anyways..just was wondering..
i also have some others..i'll break them out in a minute and do another post..interesting in knowing
how much they are worth.

Not sure about the 'olden days' but there was something in World War 2
called a 'Short Snorter' which fits your description

http://www.447bg.com/library/shortsnort.html

As to value... no idea.

"note.boy" wrote in
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If the note is of W.W.II vintage it's probably army buddies that have
signed the note, they are collectable. Billy

So your saying having names scrawled on currency can in certain
circumstances actually increase value ?
I have a WW2 Hawaii $1 note with names on the back,and figured that would
just abour cripple its value.



lid wrote:

i have a old dollar bill w/ some signatures all over it...was this a
tradition in the olden days?? just curious...probably nothing..but
the signatures are really nice as far as penmanship goes and it's
this nice deep brown color...wish i could make out some of the
names..perhaps they are autographs of famous ppl or maybe just
signatures of friends...but anyways..just was wondering.. i also have
some others..i'll break them out in a minute and do another
post..interesting in knowing how much they are worth.

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 23:14:09 GMT, Jesse wrote:

"note.boy" wrote in
:

If the note is of W.W.II vintage it's probably army buddies that have
signed the note, they are collectable. Billy

So your saying having names scrawled on currency can in certain
circumstances actually increase value ?
I have a WW2 Hawaii $1 note with names on the back,and figured that would
just abour cripple its value.

Just goes to show.

Sometimes it's the note with some history behind it that has more
value than the pristine UNC thing that sat in a drawer somewhere. I'd
take the short snorter note over an UNC Hawaii _any_ time. I wouldn't
pay more than circulated value for the thing, mind.

Padraic.

la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu
ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu.

Padraic Brown wrote in
:

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 23:14:09 GMT, Jesse wrote:

"note.boy" wrote in
:

If the note is of W.W.II vintage it's probably army buddies that
have signed the note, they are collectable. Billy

So your saying having names scrawled on currency can in certain
circumstances actually increase value ?
I have a WW2 Hawaii $1 note with names on the back,and figured that
would just abour cripple its value.

Just goes to show.

Sometimes it's the note with some history behind it that has more
value than the pristine UNC thing that sat in a drawer somewhere. I'd
take the short snorter note over an UNC Hawaii _any_ time. I wouldn't
pay more than circulated value for the thing, mind.

Padraic.

I see where your coming from here,but I'd take the UNC.
I'm a big fan of history,but don't see how random,faceless names scrawled
on a note could be a merit.
For the people who wrote them,sure .. But Bob Jones name on a note does not
ring my historic bell.

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:31:58 GMT, Jesse wrote:

I see where your coming from here,but I'd take the UNC.
I'm a big fan of history,but don't see how random,faceless names scrawled
on a note could be a merit.
For the people who wrote them,sure .. But Bob Jones name on a note does not
ring my historic bell.

You can wonder about who Bob Jones was, what the hell he was doing in
Hawaii at the time, is he one of the ones down in one of the sunken
ships or did he escape? You know, historical ruminations. I'm not
saying it's superior to choosing the UNC note, just what I would do
given the choice.

Padraic.

la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu
ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu.