Do coin collectors examine their "paper" change like they do coins?

LotsoLuck

The thought crossed my mind today as I was researching some paper currency. For those who might suggest this is OT and I should take it on over to the paper forum, i'm interested in what coin collectors have to say about it

kimber45ACP

I just make sure the presidents aren't kissing before I put them in my wallet.
Sometimes I look for a star note.

LotsoLuck

<< <i>I just make sure the presidents aren't kissing before I put them in my wallet.
Sometimes I look for a star note. >>



I didnt even know what a star note was until today. I guess I just make sure the cashier gives me the right change back, while I am picking through the change.

silverpop

yes i look though both my paper and coin change to see if anything catches my eye

GrumpyEd

Just look for stars and radars and most of all that it's real and the right change.

ProofArtworkonCircs

I look at everything.
When I cashiered in a supermarket 58 odd years ago, I developed a speed system for checking currency. I didn't really have time to study each bill, so I checked the signatures. They were always in the same place on the note. If they were old, I set the bill aside.


edit: correct number of years ago.

morgandollar1878

I check paper money all the time. I have not found anything good for quite a while, but for a while a was finding many star notes, repeating digit notes, and radar notes.

LotsoLuck

Radars? ProofArtworks, do you still have those "old" bills you received some 68 odd years ago?
Maybe I feel like a dope but looking at paper money in my daily rountine really didnt occur to me until a couple hours ago

illini420

I just make sure I've been given the correct amount, that's all I've noticed star notes before, but I haven't seen people paying any real premium for circulated examples so I never bothered to save them or really look for them.

ProofArtworkonCircs

<< ProofArtworks, do you still have those "old" bills you received some 68 odd years ago?>>

edit: On further thought, it was 58 years ago.

I still have some of them including two $10 National Bank notes. Decades later I learned the first one of them was a low issue (First National Bank of Greenfield, Massachusetts without "& Trust Company" in the title). Perhaps a smarter move of mine was to save the crisp then new bills. The series 1928 red seal US Notes and series 1934 blue seal silver certificates were being replaced by the new series 1953. I couldn't afford very many but I saved some of the old and new types. A customer gave me two series 1953 notes in serial number sequential order. I almost made a big fuss over them being counterfeit. I knew check letters should advance from one note to another and these two had the same letter. The government had changed their method of numbering and never told me.

melvin289

I found this because I took the time to look at my paper change. Not a great find but keepable.

Ron

KiltedOne

Always. Have found a few Barr Notes, Star Notes, Birthday Notes, a Radar and a few ink and print errors over the years. Not to mention a few Silver Certificates too.

ambro51

I fan through the 20s that come out of the ATM. Always new bills.....I look for things like a serial number 911200100000 or such.

scotty1419

I check the bills too. Every once in a while I find a 60's series $1 or $5 that I hold onto. Havent found any interesting serial #s yet though.

jmski52

For about 20 years, I saved every crisp note that came my way. At the last coin show, I took them around to a few paper dealers and after determining that they really had no premium, I spent them all on a coin. I think it was a great trade.

Frankiefanatic

I always look through the paper money

always looking for good "liars poker" bills to use.

LotsoLuck

Thanks for all of the replies. And what is a "radar"???

chaze215

My neighbor's son received the bill pictured below when he cashed his check about 15 years ago. He told his Dad that he didnt want it because it was "all messed up". I sold it for him for $1400 about 2 years ago. Its one of the neatest errors Ive seen....but then again Im not a currency guy. However I do take a quick looks for star notes or running/low serial #s.

RedTiger

I don't check either coins or paper money. My eye sight has gotten to the point where I need a magnifier to see much. Sometimes even the date is a challenge on smaller coins. A wheat back I can see, and once in a while I find one because the cent looks old and brown and I can check the date later. Someone at the local coin club showed a Web currency note, and said that starred Web notes for a small fortune. The odds of finding one are like being hit by a meteor though, and there is a small dedicated group that checks for them and finds them before they get too far.

IrishMikey

I usually take a quick look at serial numbers for good candidates for "Liar's Poker."

Res

<< <i>I usually take a quick look at serial numbers for good candidates for "Liar's Poker." >>



I check for the poker dollars and also for serial numbers that could be birth dates.