Poll of the Day > bill hunting update: approached "the one" territory.

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ratty old series 2006 five:

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Also bought two silver dollars: 1971 and 1974 because I know some years for half dollars are silver.

Well I struck out. pre 1964 is 90% silver and 64-69 are 40%. 70 and beyond = none.

i saw a dude get a 50 bill with all 1's as the number
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in real life or internet?

see heres some shit right here

http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-Dollar-Bill-Series-2013-Atlanta-Lucky-Repeat-888-serial-number-MF28884091A-/162554393736?hash=item25d8ff3488:g:VGoAAOSwVJhZQkg8

So you mean I can make 12 dollars for bills I see, like 50+ of, right?

Ive found countless 777s, 666s, even a backluck/goodluck combo on a hundred i bought 05666777*

Theres no way an idiot buys that. If somebody does, holy fuck I could be rich tomorrow raiding my cash drawer.

imgur!
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of...?

the link or what?

why would i save the link
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well, im interpreting that post as you want me to post a thing to imgur, so heres the whole collection thusfar

argonautweakend posted...

in real life or internet?

helly posted...

imgur!

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oh. lawl

http://www.ebay.com/sch/heathehasting_0/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=


haha no way.

theres now way this man expect to get that, obviously fishing for some moron to buy it but

Serial number F 14461889 A
1446- The hangar alphabet was published in Korea
1889- The first national holiday was calibrated on April 30th of this year (1889) this holiday was the centennial of George Washington's inaguration.

WOW, with this kind of back story literally every bill ever would be collectible.

get. the. fuck. outta. heah.

what if you had a bill with the numbers 911911911911
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itd have to be

91191191

or 91199119

those would be sweet. definitely worth more than face value, but who knows how much. Id imagine like, maybe 20-30 more than face value or so.

What's so special about your money?
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If you find a bill with an odd, unusual or rare serial number people will pay over face value for it so thats what im checking for.

But why
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Its just something that makes the bills more unique/rare, so people will pay over face for some of these. Especially considering some bills people will pay over face for are once in a lifetime finds, like a solid 55555555, or 00000001 or something.

todays finds a 1943, likely steel penny. gotta get a magnet to check it out though, its in grimey horrible condition so i cant just tell. looks silvery.

So I heard steel pennies could be really valuable, so I was thinking i could have a score, but 1943 bronze pennies are valuable, because during the war they switched to steel but a handful were made.

My next challenge is to find a silver quarter and dime.

Any pre 1964. You would think these would be easier to find than my two war nickels, as they made way, way more of them and 1964 is only 50ish years ago, not the 40s. but theyve had melt value higher than 25 cents for a long time so people have em hoarded, and theres enough coin guys out there to find em all. These are also guaranteed value, unless silver prices plummet, because they arent based on year, rarity, or condition. silver value = exact value of coin. No speculation involved unless you do have a rarer coin or one in excellent condition. But a quarter ran over by a stampede of bulls has the same value above face as one thats been circulated but isnt terrible.

I havent found any yet, but i been goin three days. You can line up a row of dimes or quarters and check. Each side will have likely a silver and copper/orange color. IF you find one thats all grey or silver colored, its pre 64.

Ive heard rumors of dimes being found at work. That gives me hope. Ill find em eventually because i deal with hundreds, thousands of coins daily.

motherfucker on youtube hunts through an entire box and gets a 57 and 64.

well...imma keep trying.

didnt have much opportunity to find any silver today, though i checked the dimes and quarters on several registers.

I am still determined. I have been checking bills but that hasnt been my focus. nothing new there either.

So, I keep forgetting to check the star note lookup database.

Star notes arent particularly rare. You might not see one every day, but they're out there. I see a small handful a day hunting my drawers.

Now, it usually isnt worth it keep any old random star note and can be spent, but they can be pad the value of a kinda cool serial number(i assume didnt look up), but also if it comes from a low print run it can be sold for a premium.

http://www.mycurrencycollection.com/reference/star-notes/lookup/100/2009A/la05666777

Here is a star note I have next to me. Also checked another one in my collection and both came from common runs of 3.2 million. But say you have a smaller run, like 640,000 you could command a premium.

I dont know if theres a database for regular bills, or else I'd check mine to see if i in fact have any small runned bills, which hell if i know, though you can look up sizes on the internet, a lookup database would be sweet.

Holy shit, and i realize this is me talking to myself now but my mom dug out a jar of change she had somewhere and in it ive found a ton of foreign coins

BUT american coins:
(updated after i finished looking)

FIVE mercury dimes: 1939, 41, 42,42, 43
One buffalo nickel: 1930
One Indian Head Penny: 1906
One Silver Certificate $1: 1957

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw4288thLyA&feature=youtu.be

my bill finds after a month of huntin'

Went to the bank today and bought $100 in quarters because my drawer hunting didnt satisfy my needs.

Now, I had two choices: federal reserve rolls or customer wrapped rolls. I went with customer wrapped because I figure there would be a higher chance, and the teller did tell me wrapped by the FRB is mainly state quarters.

So I hunted through ten rolls, FOUR HUNDRED QUARTERS...didnt find any silver. None. God damn, im only looking for coins 53 years old and older.

My hunt continues for a silver washington quarter. This now makes $300 I have tied up in currency/coins. These I will re-wrap and send back to the bank, though I am going to pull every non state quarter to see if I have any that looks to be in amazing condition, those could sell possibly.

So, keeping this going even though its mainly me talking to myself... Past two days have been decent

I found a silver dime. 1962 roosevelt! hunting through my friends change. never seen a silver dime in real life, ive seen people finding them in videos, check the edges if there is any copper its regular.

I spotted that edge immediately. Melt value 1.10, I got it for free.

Today my supervisor found a coin the coin machine we put our drawers into didnt accept and its a 1987 s proof nickel. Now, again, seen videos of people finding proofs, but never seen one in real life but as soon as she showed me i knew exactly what it was. Might have had a winner, but they minted 4.2 million of these coins so its value is around 5 dollars. Ill keep it. I also got this for free.

And I bought a five dollar bill today 70080008

Matches the highest number of digits ive seen of the same type: 5. quantities of zeroes are highly collectible.