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General => General Forum Comments => Topic started by: bc collect on January 12, 2009, 10:00:51 am
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It is interesting when you pull out one or two dollar notes and use them as payment to see what peoples reations are.
I hope to have some people interested in paper as I used those notes, a lot of the clerks in stores are to young to have seen one dollar bills. ;)
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It is interesting when you pull out one or two dollar notes and use them as payment to see what peoples reations are.
I hope to have some people interested in paper as I used those notes, a lot of the clerks in stores are to young to have seen one dollar bills. ;)
I get the same reaction when I spend 50 cent pieces and nickel dollars.
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"Neat", that was my reaction. Buddy introduced me to collecting a few years ago, and I was hooked. Only took me 40+ years to get introduced, exposure was the key.
Showed my teenagers some 1's and 2's. They undecidedly ask "are they real...hmmm"?
My parents on the other hand say "Oh...King George, I haven't seen one of these in years. That was a lot of money back then".
Exposure if good. The reactions you get should somewhat indicate weather people see the value in a dollar bill, intrinsic or monetary.
Me, I'll show people my bills but I don't think I'll spend any of them.
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I kinda gave up spending old ,pmey, as most of the time it envokes the "fake" response and you have to battle not getting in trouble, let alone getting someone interested.
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I did not get any reaction what the bills were fake, more like,
I have never seen these, or I have not seen those in a long time. ;)
A couple of stores I had the clerk say they would be fighting over them, so I said give me a five and gave them more ones and a two in return. :)
All notes spend are lower quality ones, have the same prefix either in UNC or highter than I spend.
When passing out mod. 54 s, seam to get less reaction then, multi color ones.
Every note I spend was face for book value, but got a few people exceited, even young adults near 20 years old. :) ;)
At one show two years ago a dealer sold me about $ 200 in one and two notes, for face, he had them from a collector who wanted to give them to a bank, they said NO. ???
Found a number of asterix notes I did not have and also a PA. :) :)
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At one show two years ago a dealer sold me about $ 200 in one and two notes, for face, he had them from a collector who wanted to give them to a bank, they said NO
He's exchanged collectible notes for face value? Wow -- you obviously were at the right place at the right time. What luck! I would love to have had such luck. I hope you continue to patronize him.
I acquired a few 1954 $1 and $2 in the mid 1970's when they were being phased out by the multicoloured series while I worked at a car wash. I used some of the low grade notes to give as tips, souvenirs, and even to buy better notes at shows later on.
I was really surprised when my hair stylist recently showed me the two 1954 $1 and $2 notes I gave her as Christmas tips about 10 years ago. She has kept them as tokens of good luck and now I understand why she always fits me in no matter how busy she is.
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Well he did get them at face and almost all of the notes were lower grade, so msot of them are just face and the other ones are maybe 3 to 4 times face.
But the best thing was getting notes I did not have in my collection. :)
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You wrote that most of $1 and $2
.. are just face and the other ones are maybe 3 to 4 times face.
But the best thing was getting notes I did not have in my collection.
I still think it was very nice of him to help you with your collection with notes that were clearly worth more than the notes you gave him.
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LOL heard of this man who tried to pay with a $2 bill at a McDonald's for a Junior Chicken? They asked him if he had anything else and so he took out a 50. They did not have change. The man only had a 2 and a 50. They called the cops because they suspected a counterfeit bill. Cops arrive and ask why in the heck would anyone make a fake $2 bill? Neither the dumb clerk or the manager had ever seen a $2 bill. There stood the cops staring at the dumfounded McDonald employees. Our hero got himself a free Junion Chicken, with fries and a Coke :)
I recently used a 1986 $2 bill (not UNC of course) and the lady behind the counter took it (for 2 bucks) and said she'll keep it as a collection. I told her I have one that's blue, dated 1935 and that's worth $625. And that I also have the 25 cent bill. She was quite impressed lol.
Coming to think of it, that is how my collection started. I saw someone pay with a $1 bill, I was 10 back then and I exchanged it. My cousin's dad had some 2's of the kind (1974) and 1954 1's as well. Then I started making series. My collection got a boost when I opened an eBay account. It is now worth over $10K.