5/2/18 Report - How To Find Valuable Old Paper Money In Circulation. Ponte Vedra Shipwreck.

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1957 Silver Certificate.

In the past I've talked about watching your pocket change for interesting coins.  The same goes for your paper money.  I learned that recently when I came across some older bills that I decided to put aside and keep.

Above is a silver certificate.  You could redeem them for silver coins up to about 1967 I think it was.

This one wouldn't be worth more than face value because of its poor condition.  It is stained, creased and torn.  Not good!

I've seen some silver certificates offered for over a thousand dollars.  Condition is important, as are other factors. or

I've learned to quickly check for three things.  One is a star or asterisk instead of a letter after the serial number.  Those are valued by collectors.

Also bills with unusual serial numbers, such as 7777777 or 01010101 or 12344321 are sought.

Also check to see how old the bill is.  The one above is 1957.  It seems that a bill doesn't have to be as old as an old coin to be considered old.

Barr Dollar.

Bills signed by Joseph Barr are collected because Barr was only in office about a month and so you won't find many of those.

This one is pretty clean and crisp.

You might be able to get two or three dollars out of one of these.  They aren't more valuable because so many people started saving them when Mr. Barr died.

1929 C Five Dollar Bill.

I saw one of these five dollar bills graded at 63 offered for $259.  This one isn't near that good of condition.  As with every collectible condition is very important.

The red seal makes this one maybe worth close to ten dollars.

1934 Twenty Dollar Bill.

Again, this one isn't worth much.  If it was in perfect condition, it would be worth more.  If it had a brown seal instead of a green seal, it could be worth more.

... Twenty dollar bills from 1934 with a star symbol at the end of the serial number have a good chance to be worth $100 or more. The value of 1934 $20 star notes purely depends on condition and the serial number.

1934 $20 green seals can also have a low serial number. If the serial number of your bill has six or seven leading zeros then it will certainly command a premium. Five leading zeros might command a premium...
Here is a link for more about that.

https://oldcurrencyvalues.com/1934_20_dollar_bill_value/

You can find old bills worth more than face value in circulation, but you have to know a little about what to look for.  Maybe this will get you started.

Here are some serial numbers to watch for.

• Seven repeating digits in a row on $1 bills (i.e., 18888888, 59999999)
• Seven of the same number on $1 bills (i.e., 99909999, 00010000)
• Super repeaters on $1 bills (i.e., 67676767)
• Double quads on $1 bills (i.e., 44440000)
• Super radars on $1 bills (ie: 01111110, 80000008)
• Serial numbers 99999991-99999999 – any size/type/denomination
• Serial numbers X0000000, X0000001, and X9999999 – any size/type/denomination

And here is a link for more about that.

http://www.dontwasteyourmoney.com/rare-dollar-bills-worth-serious-money/

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Historic shipwreck in Ponte Vedra reveals more secrets.

That is the title of a new First Coast News article about the Ponte Vedra shipwreck that I talked about a few months ago. The bones of the ship remained on the beach for a while but has been moved and is now being studied.

What has been learned is that the ship was made of American Beech instead of oak, which leads them to believe that the ship was made in the southern U. S.

That is what they learned.

Here is the link.

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/historic-shipwreck-in-ponte-vedra-reveals-more-secrets/77-547420568

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I have some good finds to talk about but I have to keep some of it for a while until I can do some background research.

We'll have a three to five foot surf this week, increasing about one more foot on Saturday.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net