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General => What's It Worth? => Topic started by: johnb888 on May 31, 2012, 02:20:42 am

Title: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: johnb888 on May 31, 2012, 02:20:42 am
i have a new $1000 thiessen crow 1954 bill .i got it in the early 1990's from a bank in the US . what is the value of it and should i get it graded ? i am in the vancouver area . where should i take it ? thanks
Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: johnb888 on May 31, 2012, 02:29:24 am
i will send a pic       

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Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: johnb888 on May 31, 2012, 01:02:17 pm
i will load another photo . there is a piece of glass on top to keep it flat


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Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: friedsquid on May 31, 2012, 03:41:46 pm
i will load another photo . there is a piece of glass on top to keep it flat



Less now since you pressed your note under glass :-[
Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: johnb888 on May 31, 2012, 04:37:53 pm
the bill has a slight curl to it .
Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: Skylark on May 31, 2012, 06:52:06 pm
what is the value of it and should i get it graded ? i am in the vancouver area . where should i take it ? thanks
Book value is probably a hundred or two more then face but they are usually difficult to get close to book value.
Grading cost is likely to be more then the added value.
I like J&M at boadway and main.
Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: johnb888 on May 31, 2012, 08:46:46 pm
I looked on J and M 's web site and they have one advertised for $3000 and they say the book value is $2600, so i might take it to them . from what i have read , they took back all these bills they could find , and destroyed them
Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: CA_Banknotes on May 31, 2012, 09:52:29 pm
$1000 bills are a tough sell because they're so expensive and relatively common, with a few exceptions.

Realistically I could only see you getting a few hundred more than face despite what the book may say.
Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: friedsquid on May 31, 2012, 10:16:40 pm
$1000 bills are a tough sell because they're so expensive and relatively common, with a few exceptions.

Realistically I could only see you getting a few hundred more than face despite what the book may say.

I would tend to agree...and remember a dealer won't be giving you anywhere near
book :(
Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: johnb888 on June 04, 2012, 03:25:55 pm
i have 2 of them . this is the other . i used to have 6 of them , all serial numbers in a row. i spent 4 of them at face value by folding them up and sticking them in my wallet and cashing them at the bank . that was in the 90's. , looking at the value of them , it looks like they were worth more back then 


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Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: Seth on June 04, 2012, 08:14:33 pm
Yeah, $1000s are a rotten investment. Inflation more than eats up any appreciation in collector value.Sell it now while you can.

The Thiessen-Crow is one of the less common signature combinations and you should have less trouble finding an interested buyer than if it were one of the more common varieties. But I agree with the others that you should expect to get quite a bit less than what the book says it will sell for.
Title: Re: 1954 $1000 thiessen crow
Post by: CA_Banknotes on June 04, 2012, 08:21:06 pm
The auction last Friday proved to be absolutely dismal for $1000 bills. Even the Devil's Face notes did poorly and realized below book value after premiums, although they were in lower grades.