Not Coins but thought you all would enjoy!!!

[engine 823]

Well I'm mostly a coin hunter but when I stopped at a bank this morning for some reason instead of saying " Do you have any old coin that has been brought in?" I said " Do you have any old money?" The teller quickly pulled out this

(12) 2 Dollar Red Stamped Bills

Series 1953 B ( A 70165956 A )
Series 1953 B ( A 65745208 A )
Series 1953 C ( A 76804267 A )
Series 1953 ( * 01886255 A )
Series 1953 B ( A 68512569 A )
Series 1953 ( A 30384944 A )
Series 1953 ( A 28756057 A )
Series 1963 A ( A 17002381 A )
Series 1953 A ( A 62782950 A )
Series 1953 A ( A 60498003 A )
Series 1953 A ( A 55902090 A )
Series 1953 ( A 27695960 A )

A few are marked on but over all are in pretty good shape. Any idea to the value of my investment. Got to love when you can buy them for $2.00 a piece.
Good Hunting!!!!!!!!
Also what does the red stamp mean? Is this a silver certificate

 

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[engine 823]

I know this isn't coin related but I have alot of friends on this forum who I wanted to share my finds with. Sorry to post something non coin related!

 

[Wetgreenie]

Cool score..

 

[seger98]

I always thought that if it's a silver certificate that it would say so on the bill somewhere!

 

[engine 823]

Your right. I researched that after the post. They are United States Notes.

 

[1960texan]

According to this website, http://www.uscurrencyauctions.com/$2notes.htm you may have at least doubled your money.

 

[65gt350]

Can you post a scan of the star note. It could be worth 4x 5x face or more.

65GT350

 

[DrDetector]

Much like coins they are all dependent upon condition. None of your notes are rare notes, the star note is a cool find though. Red seals on small-size notes indicate a United States Note, issued directly from the U.S. treasury rather than modern notes (Federal Reserve Notes) which are issued through one of 12 Federal Reserve Banks.

 

[Wetgreenie]

I thought I read in previous posts..
that a star note is a bill that is a replacement for one that was destroyed by the mint...and not a big deal?

 

[GMan00001]

I thought I read in previous posts..
that a star note is a bill that is a replacement for one that was destroyed by the mint...and not a big deal?

Correct, but they made far fewer star notes than original notes, thus the value tends to be higher as they are rarer.

 

[LJ]

Nice E!! Great score.

Something similar happened to me a while back. Looking for halves an old teller mentioned some old bills...1928-1953 that she had. It was $270 worth of $5, $10 & a few $20 bills. Quite a few were Red Seal bills that has "United States Note" on the top. Alot of the $5 bills were 1934-D. Someone had turned them in and she had been keeping for some time and had plans to buy them herself but never did because she said she could not afford it and said she probably would never buy them.

She asked me if I was interested in them so I took them all. I gave her about $30-$40 worth of the bills because she could have just keep them and I also felt bad for her not being able to purchase them herself. She was an elderly teller. She was happy and I was happy so it worked out.

 

[DrDetector]

I thought I read in previous posts..
that a star note is a bill that is a replacement for one that was destroyed by the mint...and not a big deal?

Correct, but they made far fewer star notes than original notes, thus the value tends to be higher as they are rarer.

Well...not entirely correct. The original notes are printed and destroyed by the BEP (the Bureau of Engraving & Printing), not by one of the mints. The mints produce only coins, no paper currency.

 

[GMan00001]

I thought I read in previous posts..
that a star note is a bill that is a replacement for one that was destroyed by the mint...and not a big deal?

Correct, but they made far fewer star notes than original notes, thus the value tends to be higher as they are rarer.

Well...not entirely correct. The original notes are printed and destroyed by the BEP (the Bureau of Engraving & Printing), not by one of the mints. The mints produce only coins, no paper currency.

I guess I read too fast.. yes the BEP not the mint.

 

[1960texan]

I gave her about $30-$40 worth of the bills because she could have just keep them and I also felt bad for her not being able to purchase them herself. She was an elderly teller. She was happy and I was happy so it worked out.

lejeuene,

That's awesome! I hope you're paid back 10 times over for your generosity.

1960Texan