Found some really old 20s and a 10.....need help

halfhunter

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I have no clue about paper currencies. What are these things valued at? I would hope more than 50 bucks! I bought all three for $70. IMG958091.jpg
The 10 says first national bank of Grafton with an S mint I believe?
 

pong12211

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I don't know a whole lot about paper money but I would venture to say if you spent $70 you did pretty well.. I would have paid $70 for them.. Nice finds
 

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halfhunter

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Oh yeah....the 10 is a 1919
and both the 20s are 1914
 

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The bottom two are Federal Reserve Notes, series of 1914 (as noted above) printed in Cleveland and signed by White and Mellon. There are two types of this bill (sorry, I don't know the difference) but I can tell you that catalog retail values for that bill , by type, were $90 and $115 in 2008; and $160 and $225 in 2010--in very fine condition. Though yours do not come up to that level of condition, these values still show that you made a great buy. Congrats.
Don........
 

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you can put these on ebay and double the face value. lots of people looking for cheap page fillers or entry level collecting.
 

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Pre-1928 Large Size paper is always desirable. I'm not too sure about the $10, but the two $20s would do well on eBay.
 

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