Anyone Here Into Coin & Paper Money Collecting?

[A383Wing]

My daughter came over today and gave me some $2 paper bills....I have a lot of paper money in my collection, plus some coins...anyway, one of the $2 bills she gave me was dated "Series 1928"

I didn't know they made them that far back...I have a lot of 1957 series, and many from the mid-60's....but the 1928 year threw me off.

I also got a number of $1 silver certificates, plus a 1934 $20 bill, number of steel pennies

Guess I learned something new today

Bryan

[A383Wing]

I just read that the first printing of the $2 bill was 1862

Bryan

[mrsskip68]

Pics? 

[A383Wing]

Pics? 

I'll scan it tomorrow and post it up

Bryan

[mrsskip68]

Cool! And send me your Corgi too!   
Lisa

[A383Wing]

Cool! And send me your Corgi too!   
Lisa

[A383Wing]

here is scanned pic...was easier to do it now rather than tomorrow

lower left has the date....may not be very readable here

Bryan

[404NOTFOUND]

What was the final year for that bill? I didn't know America ever had a two dollar bill. We always had one here in Canada. Now, it's a two dollar coin.

[b5blue]

After finding myself flat broke about 15 years ago I got a 2$ bill when I cashed my check the next payday. That 2$ bill has been in my wallet since then! It's dated 1995. 

[A383Wing]

What was the final year for that bill? I didn't know America ever had a two dollar bill. We always had one here in Canada. Now, it's a two dollar coin.

Two dollar bills were made from 1862 to 1966, then it was discontinued for 10 years, then made again from 1976 to present day here in the U.S.

They are at all banks, but most don't hand them out unless asked...

Bryan

[Fred]

I've got a 1882 silver dollar that I bought in tombstone. The thing cost me $16.50. Fair trade?..........not sure.

[404NOTFOUND]

What was the final year for that bill? I didn't know America ever had a two dollar bill. We always had one here in Canada. Now, it's a two dollar coin.

Two dollar bills were made from 1862 to 1966, then it was discontinued for 10 years, then made again from 1976 to present day here in the U.S.

They are at all banks, but most don't hand them out unless asked...

Bryan

Thanks for that. Here is our coin if you want to see it.   Of course the only one I have right now is an old beat up one.

[Slowpoke]

I've got a 1882 silver dollar that I bought in tombstone. The thing cost me $16.50. Fair trade?..........not sure.

Fred if you bought a morgan dollar 1882 its worth about 32.00 in average shape.

[RallyeMike]

I collect every 2 weeks, but I seem to keep losing it all 

[Fred]

I collect every 2 weeks, but I seem to keep losing it all 

What you need to do is tie a string to it! 

[RIDELIKEHELL]

I have a handful of US 2's as I had great aunt and uncle who lived in Dearborn Michigan back in the early 80's. My aunt gave them to me as they were going out of print there in?

[Fred]

I've got a 1882 silver dollar that I bought in tombstone. The thing cost me $16.50. Fair trade?..........not sure.

Fred if you bought a morgan dollar 1882 its worth about 32.00 in average shape.

Thanks for the info Slowpoke but it looks to be just an ordinary silver dollar.

[A383Wing]

I have a handful of US 2's as I had great aunt and uncle who lived in Dearborn Michigan back in the early 80's. My aunt gave them to me as they were going out of print there in?

they are still printing the $2 bills today....just that nobody uses them

Bryan

[Chad L. Magee]

I am both a US coin and currency collector, mostly pre-civil war on the coins, pre-WWII on the currency.  The 1928 series $2 is a decent find, worth on average about $10-30 depending on condition and location of the district.  If it was a 1976 version, the price is much lower (around $5-10 on average, sometimes banks still have these).  Dealers will not pay much for them though.  The government made a few 1999 series $2s that are worth a little bit more due to the limited run.  The price goes up if a star is next to the serial number, since that indicates that it is a replacement note for one that was damaged during production.

Condition is a big factor in currency values, especially on circulated notes.  For instance, if you hold the bill to the light and see pinholes, it drops the value quite a bit.  (kinda like edges on a baseball card if they get dinged)  I have a series 1934 $100 that has this problem (I bought it for $125 at a gun/coin show).  If it did not have those problems, it would be valued at $300 due to the rarity of the district.  A challenge for most currency collectors is to obtain a complete series with all of the districts in high grade.  Simple to do if you just want to do modern issues, but go back say fifty or so years and the challenge goes up considerably.  There are error collectors, special number collectors, etc that all vie for some of the same notes sometimes.....

[A383Wing]

I only have the one 1928 version, a number of 1953 versions, a number of 1976 versions, and on up...

Thanks for the info Chad..appreciate it

Bryan

[Iceyone]

I went through all my coins a couple of months ago and didn't find anything rare. I do have a lot of foreign coins and paper currency left over from my world travels while enlisted in the USN. I have a couple of Iraqi Dinars with our buddy Saddam printed on them. They're kind of cool but I don't think they're worth anything. 

[Chad L. Magee]

I only have the one 1928 version, a number of 1953 versions, a number of 1976 versions, and on up...

Thanks for the info Chad..appreciate it

Bryan

Not a problem, Bryan.  You may want to keep the $2 bills to pass down to other generations as they may never get to see one circulate again during their lifetimes.  The federal reserve is thinking about revamping the money values in the US as a cost cutting measure and the $2 bill might be on the chopping block (same as the cent and nickel that they are debating).  Let me know if you ever have any more questions on coins/currency and I will see what I can do to answer them.....

[Chad L. Magee]

I went through all my coins a couple of months ago and didn't find anything rare. I do have a lot of foreign coins and paper currency left over from my world travels while enlisted in the USN. I have a couple of Iraqi Dinars with our buddy Saddam printed on them. They're kind of cool but I don't think they're worth anything. 

Give them time and the Iraqi Dinars could be worth a bit, but it may be a long time though.  It all depends upon how many get destroyed over time (supply) vs who wants them (demand).  Back when I started collecting in the 1970s, confederate notes from the civil war were basically worth almost zero.  I watched a pile of them get burned because they were deemed trash by a currency collector back then (they were given to him by a family friend after they were found in an attic, but they were not up to his standard of condition to keep or trade).  Nowdays, a worn $100 confederate is worth much more than the equivilent current US note....