Any numismatists out there in the Opposphere?

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 07/06/2014 at 17:35 • Filed to: None

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Check out what I acquired today! I know paper money doesn't quite appreciate the same way coins do, but considering the condition, this has gotta be worth something, right? I'm sure I can get at least $100 for it!

Somewhat fittingly I shall be keeping it inside of a book titled "History's Worst Inventions".

'Cause, y'know, money.

Rainbow > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/06/2014 at 17:38

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Not a desirable serial number and quite a lot of folds, but no tears or discolorations. I have no idea how much of a difference that all makes, but I do know that's what will play the biggest role in its value. :P

GhostZ > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/06/2014 at 17:39

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Wait 20 years and it will probably be worth a lot more.

tromoly > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/06/2014 at 17:44

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Jcarr > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/06/2014 at 18:00

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I worked at a bank a few years ago and one day was helping a guy probably in his 60s get into his lockbox.

While he was in there he pulls out a $500 bill. He said when he was a kid his grandmother had a bunch of them in her lockbox because she had lived through the depression and didn't trust the bank to deposit it.

The guy snatched one when she wasn't looking and had kept it ever since. One of the coolest things I've ever seen.

ttyymmnn > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/06/2014 at 18:00

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I used to have an old bearer note $2 bill. I got in change for my lunch in the 5th grade (1977). I lost track of it, though. I'm not interested in it having any more value than $2, I just thought it was cool. It was actually slightly smaller than the $2 bill that came out around the Bicentennial.

user314 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/06/2014 at 18:04

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About the only way a 1934 $100 bill is worth more than face value is if the Seal isn't green, or if the serial number ends with a star. Once you consider inflation, it's actually worth less now than when it was printed.

Sn210 > Jcarr 07/06/2014 at 18:05

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who's on the $500?

Jcarr > Sn210 07/06/2014 at 18:10

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McKinley. They've been out of print for quite a while now. $100 is the biggest still in circulation.

Sn210 > Jcarr 07/06/2014 at 18:14

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McKinley's a badass! I never knew $500's existed

fintail > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/06/2014 at 18:24

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I'd check ebay, which is the real market for such items. I am not an expert, but I do know "series of" means it could have been printed several years after the date. I think the real money for old banknotes is in the old "horseblanket" large size notes, and the "national currency" depression era notes issued by local banks. Cool find though, I wonder if it spent the past 70 years under a mattress or in a can hidden in an attic.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > user314 07/06/2014 at 18:25

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What does a star signify?

IJustWantMyZBack > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/06/2014 at 19:28

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When bills are printed with errors the original bill is destroyed and the serial is reused on another note. The star before or after the serial is used on the bill with the reused serial. *Part time numismatist, current owner of several star notes including a $100. Learn more here http://money.howstuffworks.com/question703.ht…

Slave2anMG > tromoly 07/06/2014 at 21:16

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I gotta make a profit, you know. Plus my weirdo dad will spend it on whores or something.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > tromoly 07/07/2014 at 02:37

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Funny story, I sold my old (broken) laptop to a friend for 15$ and an iPhone dock.

True Story