Great Grandmother coin collection

[Sam K]

My grandma passed away 3 years ago, and while we were cleaning out her house we found a coin collection, which turned out to be her mothers collection. Anyway, just these past couple weeks I've been getting pretty interested in the coins and paper money that were in the collection. This is my first post on this forum, so I don't know how to post pictures, but I'll do my best in saying all the coins from the collection, as well as a few that I had laying around that I think are collectable. I thought I would just show off the collection, and maybe get some more information on the coins.

I'll start off with wheat pennies, out of the one or two that I already had, plus those in the collection there are:
1- 1940s (has 2 holes punches in it)
1- 1941
1- 1944(d?)
2- 1946s
1- 1949
1- 1952s
4- 1953 (3s, 1d)
8- 1955 (1d)
1- 1956d
2- 1957d
One weird thing, maybe just because I'm a newbie, is all the 1953 pennies are a lot brighter.

No interesting dimes, but I had one 1967 quarter that appears to have not been laminated (it's got kind of a yellowy tarnished look) but it might be something else.

There are a lot of nickels, all Jefferson:
1- 1938
10- 1939
5- 1940
6- 1941
7- 1942
10- 1946
8- 1947
12- 1948
10- 1949
4- 1951
1- 1952
3- 1953
2- 1955
1- 1958
1- 1961
6- 1964
1- 1967

Also for American coins there is a 1967 half dollar and an 1893 "World's Columbian Exposition Chicago" columbian half dollar

There's also a lot of foreign coins, and sadly since there foreign I have no idea what they are. I do know that there are a few that are aluminum, several from Israel, and some assorted other coins that I'll try to get pictures of or identify later.

There was also a bit of paper money, some of which I know is worth a fair amount.

Starting off, there's a $100 savings bond from 07/1991. It is a series EE (collects interest for 30 years). Then there's a silver certificate dollar bill from 1923, which is quite a bit bigger than modern US paper money.
Starting with the most modern, here is the rest of the US paper money:
5- 1976 $2 (green ink) all have folds, but three are pretty 'crispy'
6- 1963 $2 (red ink) all have fold, 4 pretty crispy
1- 1957 $1 (blue ink) series B that has a star before the serial number
6- 1953 $2 (red ink) 3 series B, 2 C and 1 without a 'series', all folded, 4 are pretty crispy
9- 1935 $1 (blue ink) 1 series A, 3 E, 1 F and 4 G, all folded 1 or 2 are pretty crispy

Theres also a 1981 50 pesos, and two Asian bills, one I think is a 50 Sen around WW2 time, the other is a 5 Yen, not sure on the year though.

 

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[jeff of pa]

Welcome to TreasureNet Sam !

Looks like a Very Nice collection.
odd on the '53's Maybe they
were stored Differently fow awhile.

 

[DigginThePast]

Nice to see you showing in interest in the items that were important to your ancestors.

That '53 $2 without the series may be an error note. Our currency in printed in several steps and that bill may have missed one of the steps. I look forward to seeing pics.

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[Sam K]

How could I find out more if it's an error note? I'll just try researching it on google a bit. Also, it might be a while before I can get pics up because my computers USB doesn't really work so I might have to use my mom's computer. I'll try to get group shots of all the coins and some close ups of the interesting ones or ones that I need help ID'ing. And if that $2 bill is an error, about how much could it be worth? I read that a regular 1953 $2 bill is up to $55 in really good condition, but an error would hopefully be a lot more, even if I don't sell it, it's still nice to know.

 

[DigginThePast]

Compare your note to this one. What is missing?

Keep in mind that it may not be a minting error but could be wear/damage from being circulated. But we can try to help you determine what it is.

 

[DigginThePast]

Guess I need sleep. I just looked over your original post. I now see that you are saying the series is the letter under the date.

The series is the date and letter if a letter is present. You have 1 series 1953 $2 bill, 3 series 1953 B and 2 series 1953 C.

Hope this makes sense.

 

[Sam K]

Yeah, I think that makes more sense now. I was looking on google and a website said that if it was missing the serial number and the stamp then it would be an error