Good morning to my currency instructor! Quick question which I believe you would have an idea on my question. Went to my bank yesterday, & for some time I’ve been asking the tellers if they had the candy cane strap for $2 notes, and often they gave me the look as a deer getting headlights in its face, a somewhat lost look as to what I would be asking them; not a clue at any of the attempts that I would ask him or her even a drawing of a strap of $2 notes with the candy cane band tightly holding the notes in place. As I always ask the teller first up before getting my $1 notes to look thru. And yesterday the teller said I have some $2 notes that I kept for you, I said great thinking hardly any, but very thankful and appreciate them (teller) at least giving me a thought. The teller excused herself and another bank employee and the teller went into the vault. And upon the teller returning she handed me a strap of the candy cane $2 notes with that great fresh uncirculated, gem, never touched by human hands and I said thank you and took the whole strap. Exiting the bank, and arriving and now sitting in my truck in the parking lot I saw there was a star on the note on top, well heck every note had a star. All consecutive uncirculated $2 notes and the holy grail all 100 notes were star notes. Of course, bank in the bank I go hoping to grab another strap but that was the only one, the teller informed me she’ll order some more and next week the notes should arrive at the bank. I’m trying to get a fair price and sell. The consecutive numbers really do suck, not nothing there to get excited about but the fact that the notes are uncirculated and each one is a star not. And the notes come from California, San Francisco & the notes are 2017 A Series. 2017 would have been sweet if the top right star was completely filled in with green ink. I have one & I noticed you as well have one to add to your collection. Maybe, next week something a bit more handsome. So to you, what’s a price that’s fair for trying to resell the whole strap not really into one at a time, the whole wad??? Thanks for your help, & have a Grateful Day! ✌️
Congratulations on the find! You should look up the top note to see what the print run is at mycurrencycollection.com to see if it’s a shorter print. I sold a strap of singles (stars) for $295 almost instantly on eBay. I’m not saying that they are 3x but it’s a decent starting point. Just remember that anything over face is pure profit.
Thanks Stu, I appreciate your insight on the knowledge that you have bestowed upon me. I like to believe I know some currency facts and a huge window to look into. And you, have taught me and showed, explained, educated ect… myself to it all. Your the best currency individual out there on TH-cam to view currency videos, sure there are others but no sense really for myself to view their videos because, hands down your the man. I call you my Guru! And you tell myself & others the real deal. I’ve stomached a short amount of viewing the other videos & it’s hard there saying gas pump error which they have nothing, you showed on a video of yours, what a gas pump error is supposed to look like, the digest heck it’s almost off the note it’s way at the top of the note, not this raised a tiny/ nothing amount but they swear up & down on the amazing discovery they made, and a hard to even see what the heck their talking about with their ink smears/smudges there’s nothing there but again huge money makers. Im fortunate to say I do have several ones just like yours that you showed on your video,the real deal. And one more comment the birthday notes they have the numbers going forward, backwards this way & that ways with extra numbers that are there & I’m saying to myself there knuckleheads. Born and raised in California, all my life; I’ll turn 61 in the month of July. And I’m telling people and it was taught to me thru my educational years and there’s one way and only one way a birthday note, anniversary, graduation, special date in someone’s life, important date in history ect. And it goes just like this and again no other way begins with the month then followed by the date,then finishes with the year. (Example) 04131743, that’s a serial number on a two dollar note that I found and it reads in order April 13 1743, & that is the birthday for that person on the front and back of that note. It’s our third president, & yes he’s on a two dollar note. It’s Thomas Jefferson’s birthday note. That’s one of my birthday notes. In order not every which way in all kinds of directions and the video individual try’s to say oh boy another birthday note, no it’s a mess of numbers in no sequence of the correct way. Kinda, went a little far on that one, but for hands down, no b.s. you are the best and I thank you, & my headband is off to you, keep the videos coming & thank you for answering and the rapid response in answering my question. Have a Grateful Day! ✌️& thank you again Stu.
@@cphii5656 I really appreciate that! I try to be as realistic as possible. You see my search results every week and from that alone can judge how difficult it is to find certain things. I’m al and happy to help fellow collectors when I can. Good luck and thanks!
My bank say they got rid of there small head notes a few years back, the guy who runs the bank said they had stacks and weren't being touched for the longest time.
Awesome collection Steve! So, do you just ask your tellers to lookout for certain things or just old dates notes or what?? Thanks for sharing! Blessings always! ❤️✝️
Many tellers look for old or damaged notes to take out of circulation. They say people don’t want to take the older notes. So often they have quite a few.
I used to work in a casino and handled something like $50-60,000 every morning straight from the main casino cage. I can't even imagine how many fresh straps and other collectible or interesting notes that I handled and never gave it a second thought. 🙄🤦♂️
my Mom used to get the 5 dollar red seals at her bank in the 90's! I was told they were considered a current series til 1990, and so were the 1966 red seal 100's
The only definite way to know is if you have a book like "Standard guide to small size US paper money" (I have reviewed it in previous videos) or something like it. How ever, there are clues that can lead you in the right direction. For instance, if the front plate is very low (say, 25) and the back plate is very high say, 1137) there is a good chance that note is a mule. In this instance, they are clearly using up the last of the plates from the previous series. Another way is to look at the block letters. If the serial ends in the letter A, that is the very first time they are going through the numbers. You would expect a low plate number on the back. If it's high, you might have a mule. Hope this helps!
What incredible notes to find in circulation, as you know there are less and less out there.I've been favoring more of small size notes recently.I scored a really nice 2006 radar Friday night,and my waitress friend hooked me up a 1953 $5 LT last night,AU condition,she's cool.I try to go through as many notes as I can at work, but by the time I do my drawer,its 3am,and I just want to go home, lol.I try to make connections with as many people in retail, servers,etc. as I can.
Yes, all the time, people get old and their children have no interest in collecting nor researching dad's collection. To the bank it goes. And I have only met one teller that collects.
I personally don’t buy consecutive notes. I know people like them so I have no problem getting them from a bank and selling them. You won’t find a book value for it so I am cautious about it. You can check auction sales but it’s really up to what the person is willing to spend. Modern notes shouldn’t have a premium because you can go to the bank and order as many new notes as you like.
My LCS owner told me that modern star notes aren’t really valuable because of the amount of star notes circulating these days. Do you find that to be true?
The average star note is only worth face value. That's why I look up the print runs. If you find a short printed note ( under 500k) those are worth something. In comparison, the "W" quarters are about $10 and nobody wants to buy them. Everyone wants to find them. Each design has 2,000,000 minted with 5 designs each year. Hear is some fun math. The 500k star note starts out worth 4x a quarter. Then they make 4x the number of quarters. So with a "W" worth $10, a rare star should be worth $10 x 4 x 4 = or $160!!! It's not, but the bigger question is... why not? And why pay so much for a quarter that's not really rare?!?
So lets just say, hypothetically, that your bank is just a hole you dug in the back yard. Should I still be polite to the hole when I deposit and or withdraw the crumpled up singles that were hastily concealed? Or should that kindness instead be transferred to that squirrel I offered five bucks to, to keep watch over said hole?
Not exactly. If the bank is a hole, the bank doesn't let me search through it. You have to take care of the squirrels if you want their nuts. Wait. What?!?!
You have to “read the room”. If there is no one there, I tell them what I’m doing and I will quickly teach them something. I will explain a web note or tell them how much a note with all 1’s for a serial number is worth. Many times at that point they will get excited and want to show me the older notes they have set aside. By teaching them something first, it makes them want to give back in return. It’s a total psychological thing. Can you tell I play poker? I also printed some business cards with my phone number and TH-cam channel. This way they can find homes for old notes!
Ummmm... Try this. Go to a bank. ANY bank. Get out of your car and go inside. Now ask the teller about "muted" bills. Ask them what they do with small heads. I have no doubt that SOME tellers keep SOME stuff. They can see 10s of thousands of notes a day! If they found just 1 cool $100 each day. they would spend $500 a week. One $100, a $50, a $20, and a $10 each day would be $900 a week. At some point, there entire paycheck would go to old notes. Then you have to figure condition. Then you have to find a way to sell them and deal with packing and shipping. After spending your entire paycheck on 20 notes, listing them and selling one $100 note for $120 in 4 weeks on ebay and then realizing ebay takes 10% and forgetting to include shipping costs as well as paying for the envelopes and sleeves, people lose interest and just mute them or save them for ANYONE who asks. The average person has no idea that a note with 11111111 will sell for thousands of dollars. The average person doesn't even know what a star note is! You not "buying it" is exactly what they think when I tell them this stuff. Many of them think i'm just crazy. Maybe I am but not because I collect currency!
Each note had me at the edge of my seat, i didnt think it could get any better until you pull out the entire strap of consecutive star notes… WOW just wow. Thats a miracle my friend.
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these are the best finds, to get them as regular currency at face value. For me personally, it give me maximum joy in currency collecting !
Anything collectible at face value is great! The kindness of my tellers is priceless.
Good morning to my currency instructor! Quick question which I believe you would have an idea on my question. Went to my bank yesterday, & for some time I’ve been asking the tellers if they had the candy cane strap for $2 notes, and often they gave me the look as a deer getting headlights in its face, a somewhat lost look as to what I would be asking them; not a clue at any of the attempts that I would ask him or her even a drawing of a strap of $2 notes with the candy cane band tightly holding the notes in place. As I always ask the teller first up before getting my $1 notes to look thru. And yesterday the teller said I have some $2 notes that I kept for you, I said great thinking hardly any, but very thankful and appreciate them (teller) at least giving me a thought. The teller excused herself and another bank employee and the teller went into the vault. And upon the teller returning she handed me a strap of the candy cane $2 notes with that great fresh uncirculated, gem, never touched by human hands and I said thank you and took the whole strap. Exiting the bank, and arriving and now sitting in my truck in the parking lot I saw there was a star on the note on top, well heck every note had a star. All consecutive uncirculated $2 notes and the holy grail all 100 notes were star notes. Of course, bank in the bank I go hoping to grab another strap but that was the only one, the teller informed me she’ll order some more and next week the notes should arrive at the bank. I’m trying to get a fair price and sell. The consecutive numbers really do suck, not nothing there to get excited about but the fact that the notes are uncirculated and each one is a star not. And the notes come from California, San Francisco & the notes are 2017 A Series. 2017 would have been sweet if the top right star was completely filled in with green ink. I have one & I noticed you as well have one to add to your collection. Maybe, next week something a bit more handsome. So to you, what’s a price that’s fair for trying to resell the whole strap not really into one at a time, the whole wad??? Thanks for your help, & have a Grateful Day! ✌️
Congratulations on the find! You should look up the top note to see what the print run is at mycurrencycollection.com to see if it’s a shorter print. I sold a strap of singles (stars) for $295 almost instantly on eBay. I’m not saying that they are 3x but it’s a decent starting point. Just remember that anything over face is pure profit.
Thanks Stu, I appreciate your insight on the knowledge that you have bestowed upon me. I like to believe I know some currency facts and a huge window to look into. And you, have taught me and showed, explained, educated ect… myself to it all. Your the best currency individual out there on TH-cam to view currency videos, sure there are others but no sense really for myself to view their videos because, hands down your the man. I call you my Guru! And you tell myself & others the real deal. I’ve stomached a short amount of viewing the other videos & it’s hard there saying gas pump error which they have nothing, you showed on a video of yours, what a gas pump error is supposed to look like, the digest heck it’s almost off the note it’s way at the top of the note, not this raised a tiny/ nothing amount but they swear up & down on the amazing discovery they made, and a hard to even see what the heck their talking about with their ink smears/smudges there’s nothing there but again huge money makers. Im fortunate to say I do have several ones just like yours that you showed on your video,the real deal. And one more comment the birthday notes they have the numbers going forward, backwards this way & that ways with extra numbers that are there & I’m saying to myself there knuckleheads. Born and raised in California, all my life; I’ll turn 61 in the month of July. And I’m telling people and it was taught to me thru my educational years and there’s one way and only one way a birthday note, anniversary, graduation, special date in someone’s life, important date in history ect. And it goes just like this and again no other way begins with the month then followed by the date,then finishes with the year. (Example) 04131743, that’s a serial number on a two dollar note that I found and it reads in order April 13 1743, & that is the birthday for that person on the front and back of that note. It’s our third president, & yes he’s on a two dollar note. It’s Thomas Jefferson’s birthday note. That’s one of my birthday notes. In order not every which way in all kinds of directions and the video individual try’s to say oh boy another birthday note, no it’s a mess of numbers in no sequence of the correct way. Kinda, went a little far on that one, but for hands down, no b.s. you are the best and I thank you, & my headband is off to you, keep the videos coming & thank you for answering and the rapid response in answering my question. Have a Grateful Day! ✌️& thank you again Stu.
@@cphii5656 I really appreciate that! I try to be as realistic as possible. You see my search results every week and from that alone can judge how difficult it is to find certain things. I’m al and happy to help fellow collectors when I can. Good luck and thanks!
ALWAYS LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SIR !
Thank you!
With every video i learn something new. Your collection has me in awe, exceptional collection.
Wow, thank you! I'm glad you are learning. Be sure to put that knowledge to work and grow your collection too!
My bank say they got rid of there small head notes a few years back, the guy who runs the bank said they had stacks and weren't being touched for the longest time.
sorry if not making sense, I'm a little high
Lol! I wish I knew about them!
the two dollar red seal star note was really nice to get from the bank !
I bought them pizza that day!
I also have a 34 Benjamin a bank found for me. I have a feeling they're a lot rarer now than they were 12 years ago
I agree!
Awesome collection Steve! So, do you just ask your tellers to lookout for certain things or just old dates notes or what??
Thanks for sharing! Blessings always!
❤️✝️
Many tellers look for old or damaged notes to take out of circulation. They say people don’t want to take the older notes. So often they have quite a few.
@@Stuplubakcurrency Oh wow! Thank you for letting me know Steve! I’ll be asking!! ❤️✝️
I used to work in a casino and handled something like $50-60,000 every morning straight from the main casino cage. I can't even imagine how many fresh straps and other collectible or interesting notes that I handled and never gave it a second thought. 🙄🤦♂️
I could never work in the cage or at a bank. I would never get a check!
Great finds! Congrats!
Thanks!
@@Stuplubakcurrency you’re welcome.
my Mom used to get the 5 dollar red seals at her bank in the 90's! I was told they were considered a current series til 1990, and so were the 1966 red seal 100's
It wasn't until 1998 when the law was repealed that legal tenders were no longer legal. So, yeah, she definitely could have gotten them!
@@Stuplubakcurrency yes, my Dad got a 1966 100 at a bank in Alabama once also, but times were hard, so he spent it😃
How do we tell if we have a Mule?
The only definite way to know is if you have a book like "Standard guide to small size US paper money" (I have reviewed it in previous videos) or something like it. How ever, there are clues that can lead you in the right direction. For instance, if the front plate is very low (say, 25) and the back plate is very high say, 1137) there is a good chance that note is a mule. In this instance, they are clearly using up the last of the plates from the previous series. Another way is to look at the block letters. If the serial ends in the letter A, that is the very first time they are going through the numbers. You would expect a low plate number on the back. If it's high, you might have a mule. Hope this helps!
Thank you to the very nice tellers
Always be nice to them! This is part of why I would never dump 1000 singles at any one bank. They appreciate it and remember!
What incredible notes to find in circulation, as you know there are less and less out there.I've been favoring more of small size notes recently.I scored a really nice 2006 radar Friday night,and my waitress friend hooked me up a 1953 $5 LT last night,AU condition,she's cool.I try to go through as many notes as I can at work, but by the time I do my drawer,its 3am,and I just want to go home, lol.I try to make connections with as many people in retail, servers,etc. as I can.
That's the best way to hunt notes, have everyone else look for you!! Take care my friend!
@@Stuplubakcurrency a couple free beers goes a long way😉
Yes, all the time, people get old and their children have no interest in collecting nor researching dad's collection. To the bank it goes. And I have only met one teller that collects.
You would think that every single one would or at least should once you see what this stuff can sell for!
Cool stuff bro! My fav is the 28 $20. Man if that ten didn't have the 9 you'd scored a sic binary!
Sooo close. I know!
Great finds
thanks!
really nice
Thanks!
you already know i get good stuff from them like i have said in the comments on your other vids
Yup! It pays to be nice!
You have gotten a lot of very cool notes at face value. Congratulations!
Yes! Thank you! It pays to be nice!
@@Stuplubakcurrency It sure has.
Top ten consecutive notes
How many do you have to have????
To be worth $$$$
I personally don’t buy consecutive notes. I know people like them so I have no problem getting them from a bank and selling them. You won’t find a book value for it so I am cautious about it. You can check auction sales but it’s really up to what the person is willing to spend. Modern notes shouldn’t have a premium because you can go to the bank and order as many new notes as you like.
What is the name of the book you have that tells you the value of your currency?
It’s called paper money of the United States. The 22nd edition just came out.
@@Stuplubakcurrency Thanks for the reply you’re awesome!
My LCS owner told me that modern star notes aren’t really valuable because of the amount of star notes circulating these days. Do you find that to be true?
The average star note is only worth face value. That's why I look up the print runs. If you find a short printed note ( under 500k) those are worth something. In comparison, the "W" quarters are about $10 and nobody wants to buy them. Everyone wants to find them. Each design has 2,000,000 minted with 5 designs each year. Hear is some fun math. The 500k star note starts out worth 4x a quarter. Then they make 4x the number of quarters. So with a "W" worth $10, a rare star should be worth $10 x 4 x 4 = or $160!!! It's not, but the bigger question is... why not? And why pay so much for a quarter that's not really rare?!?
So lets just say, hypothetically, that your bank is just a hole you dug in the back yard. Should I still be polite to the hole when I deposit and or withdraw the crumpled up singles that were hastily concealed? Or should that kindness instead be transferred to that squirrel I offered five bucks to, to keep watch over said hole?
I was very much hoping for some crude flip book animation when you were flipping through the star note strap lol
Not exactly. If the bank is a hole, the bank doesn't let me search through it. You have to take care of the squirrels if you want their nuts. Wait. What?!?!
Have you ever given something to a teller as a thank you?
All the time. Pizza parties, gift cards , key chains. Vegas stuff.
Cool!
Thanks!
I have two five dollar bill with an star after the serial number, so can somebody tell me what it means or
Is this is important or not, thanks
question, whenever you go to a bank you don't usually go to, do you let them know you collect bills or do you ask them if they have any special notes?
You have to “read the room”. If there is no one there, I tell them what I’m doing and I will quickly teach them something. I will explain a web note or tell them how much a note with all 1’s for a serial number is worth. Many times at that point they will get excited and want to show me the older notes they have set aside. By teaching them something first, it makes them want to give back in return. It’s a total psychological thing. Can you tell I play poker? I also printed some business cards with my phone number and TH-cam channel. This way they can find homes for old notes!
Rest in the good news, okay bye
So why wouldn't the bank teller want to keep them for him/herself seeing that it's uncommon and might be worth more? Sorry man but I don't "buy it"...
Ummmm... Try this. Go to a bank. ANY bank. Get out of your car and go inside. Now ask the teller about "muted" bills. Ask them what they do with small heads. I have no doubt that SOME tellers keep SOME stuff. They can see 10s of thousands of notes a day! If they found just 1 cool $100 each day. they would spend $500 a week. One $100, a $50, a $20, and a $10 each day would be $900 a week. At some point, there entire paycheck would go to old notes. Then you have to figure condition. Then you have to find a way to sell them and deal with packing and shipping. After spending your entire paycheck on 20 notes, listing them and selling one $100 note for $120 in 4 weeks on ebay and then realizing ebay takes 10% and forgetting to include shipping costs as well as paying for the envelopes and sleeves, people lose interest and just mute them or save them for ANYONE who asks. The average person has no idea that a note with 11111111 will sell for thousands of dollars. The average person doesn't even know what a star note is! You not "buying it" is exactly what they think when I tell them this stuff. Many of them think i'm just crazy. Maybe I am but not because I collect currency!
Each note had me at the edge of my seat, i didnt think it could get any better until you pull out the entire strap of consecutive star notes… WOW just wow. Thats a miracle my friend.
Thanks. Anyone could have gotten any of these notes just by asking. Make sure you are kind to your tellers! Good luck to you!