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what if an old USD bill is NOT collectible
Hi all,
I've got an old one hundred dollar bill from 1934, "series of 1934 A". It's probably not worth anything more than it's face value (from what I've read in this group, I see they're still very common) but I still have a question to all the collectors out there. It's in bad shape, it has apparently circulated a lot (but not a lot in these last 50 years as I found it at my old aunt's place and nothing there really moved these last 50 years Very bad photograph here (taken with my MacBook's internal camera : http://users.skynet.be/fa287483/usdBill1.jpg and here too: http://users.skynet.be/fa287483/usdBill2.jpg Are bills like this one in the U.S. always worth at least their face value? Can I pay with that 1934 bill in a shop ? And will they ever be worth at least their face value? By that, I mean, will I always be able to trade this $100 bill from 1934 for a more recent bill? (I ask because here, in Europe, we're now all using Euros and our 'old' bills, from the various local countries, were only 'valid' up to some point. In my country I think I could still change old bills by going to the 'national bank' but that's it : they're not accepted anywhere else). I also found quite some $100 bills from 1950 (some plain 'series 1950', some 'series 1950 B', some C's and some D's). I'm going to the U.S. now. If I don't need the money, is there any point in changing them to newer $100 bills or can I keep them for ever in a safe, knowing that they'll always be worth at least $100 ? I mean, without taking into the fact that I could put this on an account and earn interest Also on the Wikipedia article on the one hundred dollar bill here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ed-dollar_bill It says that the 'spikes' where added to the Federal Reserve seal in 1950. However my bill states 'SERIES OF 1934 A' (hard to read on my bad photograph but it's 1934) and the green seal has 'spikes' apparently. Slight error on Wikipedia ? Thanks in advance for your answers, Alex |
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On 9 mai, 18:36, "Michael G. Koerner" wrote:
.... Your note is likely real and yes, has its full USA$100 face value. The BIG question is "Will the merchant accept it?". 'Small head' USA$100 notes have been disdained in recent years due to the very real threat of international counterfeiting. What if I go with my several 1950 $100 'small head' (series B, C and D's, I've got quite some of them) to a bank? Bah, I'll try : plane is leaving soon for the U.S. and I'll be there for quite some time. You could always try eBay if you want to sell it - OR, you have a neat family heirloom. :-) excellent, I'm not a native english speaker so I just learned what "family heirloom" means And, yup, that old one from 1934 found in some random european cave, I'll keep it as a family heirloom. hehe. BTW, the 'green' seal is the US Treasury seal and the 'black' one is the Federal Reserve seal. gotcha Thanks for your quick answer. |
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what if an old USD bill is NOT collectible
I got a Series 1934 $100 at the bank just this afternoon, my oldest in a
couple of years. In circulated condition they don't have much of a market, my local dealer sells them for about $105 or so. -- My Website on Numismatics - Scottish in Particular: http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney wrote in message ... On 9 mai, 18:36, "Michael G. Koerner" wrote: ... Your note is likely real and yes, has its full USA$100 face value. The BIG question is "Will the merchant accept it?". 'Small head' USA$100 notes have been disdained in recent years due to the very real threat of international counterfeiting. What if I go with my several 1950 $100 'small head' (series B, C and D's, I've got quite some of them) to a bank? Bah, I'll try : plane is leaving soon for the U.S. and I'll be there for quite some time. You could always try eBay if you want to sell it - OR, you have a neat family heirloom. :-) excellent, I'm not a native english speaker so I just learned what "family heirloom" means And, yup, that old one from 1934 found in some random european cave, I'll keep it as a family heirloom. hehe. BTW, the 'green' seal is the US Treasury seal and the 'black' one is the Federal Reserve seal. gotcha Thanks for your quick answer. |
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