Good places to buy a certified $500 bill?

mavs2583

Hi,

I'm not a currency collector, but would like to purchase a $500 bill for the novelty. I would prefer one certified (very fine to extremely fine), but I'm not sure where to get one other than ebay. Does anyone have any recommendations for currency dealers who would have a basic $500 bill? Thank you.

tomtomtomtom

HA has one up for auction March 1 and a number of others in May auction

mavs2583

Thanks

BanknoteBlues

Jeff Brueggeman - Action Currency always has a good inventory at competitive prices. Top notch dealer.

https://actioncurrency.com/currency.php

mavs2583

@BanknoteBlues said:
Jeff Brueggeman - Action Currency always has a good inventory at competitive prices. Top notch dealer.

https://actioncurrency.com/currency.php

Thank you, I'll have a look !

air4mdc

You could look for a local coin or currency show in your area and maybe find a nice one. I was told by a couple of people, that the price went up on 500$ bills.

Ted 1

@air4mdc said:
You could look for a local coin or currency show in your area and maybe find a nice one. I was told by a couple of people, that the price went up on 500$ bills.

Prices are insane. Taped, low grade $500's are $1400 & up.

air4mdc

@Ted 1 said:

@air4mdc said:
You could look for a local coin or currency show in your area and maybe find a nice one. I was told by a couple of people, that the price went up on 500$ bills.

Prices are insane. Taped, low grade $500's are $1400 & up.

I agree as well that those prices are insane, it sounds like what I heard is true. Thanks for passing this along.

johnny9434

Good luck with your venture

Steve_in_Tampa

My advice is to you is to do your research and have patients. Don’t buy a bargain problem note expecting to upgrade it in the future. Buy it once. Try to find an example with original paper, above average eye appeal don’t pass up mid-grade examples. Some can be real jewels at a fraction of what an uncirculated example costs. I bought this 10 years ago when prices were fairly stable.

Serial_no_8

@Steve_in_Tampa said:
My advice is to you is to do your research and have patients. Don’t buy a bargain problem note expecting to upgrade it in the future. Buy it once. Try to find an example with original paper, above average eye appeal don’t pass up mid-grade examples. Some can be real jewels at a fraction of what an uncirculated example costs. I bought this 10 years ago when prices were fairly stable.

@Steve_in_Tampa offers topnotch advice (as usual). I came into some money about 10 years ago & waited about 3-4 years before picking up a1935 Bank of Canada $20. They're very pricey but the dealer & I negotiated a great deal (which I had the luxury of making in 2 payments). It was a PMG35EPQ & graded more conservatively like we're accustomed to, so its original eye appeal (well centred, bold colours, a few planchettes) literally jumped out at me. By waiting so long I saw hundreds of examples, many pressed EF40's that didn't shine a light to this 35EPQ:

(It was tough to wait but well worth my troubles)

mavs2583

Thanks for the advice. So far I haven’t seen any that I want for the price but will find one eventually.