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I was given some nice silver certificates, are any rare or special?
Mr_Spud
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My mother in law recently gave me a stack of silver certificates that my wife’s grandparents tucked away whenever anybody spent one in their family Farmers Market / Bakery business. I bought some archival sleeves off of eBay and was putting them in the sleeves and I noticed some were really nice. I took some pictures of some of the nicer ones, are any of them special or valuable? Also, what’s the best humidity range to properly store them? I use desiccants for storing coins, but I think currency likes higher humidity which is why I’m asking. Thanks, in advance, for any replies
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One thing to remember about SC's is trillions were printed. Trillions.
Unless its a very rare variety, a desirable or ultra low serial (single digit , solid serial etc) there is little $$ demand.
Lowball Sacagawea Dollars (PO01-VF35)
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@MrSpud If these are family mementos, you've showed them some respect by sleeving them up. Any note that is crisp, unfolded, no stains or writing on it, is a keeper IMO. You have a few in the $1s. Nice even borders is a plus. Peace Roy
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They look like they were well taken care of
Yes and no: what you say is accurate yet there are buyers for any SC in decent shape. Me for instance!
Nice assortment of mid-century Silver Certificates Mr.Spud.
Nothing really stands out as remarkable or rare. I would put the real value in their lineage and knowing that they were handed down by relatives. Some show minor foxing as seen on the consecutive $1 1935E SCs with slight yellowing on one of the two. Get them into some quality currency sleeves and document their past.
Exactly!
Trillions? Really? Maybe billions?
I'm not adding 'em up.
@conrad99, I would have to concur with @sellitstore that there were 10's of billions of silver certs. produced, not anywhere near trillions. FYI
What difference does it make? When you get into those type of numbers the odds of someone keeping one are pretty high. They're even higher when the next design (green seal) is dramatically different. This happened in Canada when they produced the "1867-1967" commemorative with the year as the serial number. Only 120,000,000 were produced but they were cheap to keep (plus radically different) so everyone kept them. They're almost worthless over 60 years later (a couple dollars at best in UNC) but people on social media still think they're so cool (& so collectible) when they actually aren't.
I got a couple SC's in UNC (one a star note the other regular). Both are perfectly centred too! But I know they're very common.
**https://sites.google.com/view/notaphilycculture/collecting-banknotes **
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