Useful and Practical Currency Information for the Coin Dealer/Collector

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If you know this already, congratulations, you have had an edge over other numismatists who don't know this. Many won't care but for those who do, here's lesson #1:

CSA Trans-Mississippi notes are notes that were issued west of the Mississippi River, like the below note, per back endorsement. They are worth more than notes without this marking on back. If you are interested in learning more about these, whether their history and stories or how to cherrypick and profit from your fellow numismatists, do some research. You might just become a collector of these or a member of the "Trainmen". But I've said too much already.......

Trans-Mississippi Note:
https://auctionzip.com/auction-lot/1862-100-confederate-note_58E49B3A47?catalogReferredQueryParam=%253FpageNum%253D1

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OK, we'll try one more. But if there is little interest here, I'd be happy to take this discussion back over to the US and World Currency Forum.

Many numismatists are aware of star notes being replacements for misprinted or error notes. But recently, a few paper money researchers have found a way to differentiate the replacements from the regular notes for a few years before the stars were used to identify the replacement notes. We're talking about large size type notes from the first decade or two of the 20th century. So now the hunt is no for large size pre star replacements. How do you find them? Look for droopy twos and closed fives. (Slight variations in the style of the serial numbers.)

If you want to learn more about pre star replacements, there's an excellent article here, but you might end up joining the SPMC. Now go cherrypick those pre star replacements, if you can. It may not be as easy as it sounds but knowledge and experience here will pay off.