I have a currency star note with a fancy serial number and I'm wondering if it might have any value?

[raaphds]

 

[raaphds]

It's never been sold. 

[raaphds]

No managed payments

[powell-memorabilia]

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@raaphds wrote:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195400302673?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=j7qv5oovsha&sss...

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Notice the lack of feedback - from buyer or from seller - on any of these transactions.  And they aren't too recent, from what I saw.  AND, notice that these sellers are low-feedback users... magnets for scams.  Or maybe just sport bidding from users with zero intention on paying.

Regardless, maybe I'd take a chance on a $5 or $10 or even "fancy" $20 bill, but selling a $100 bill is just asking for a false INAD.  You'll make someone $100 richer - and keep alive the fantasy, for some other user, that there is real money in these bills.  

Best of luck you!

[raaphds]

Well if you go on YouTube or any other site there are collectors that pay money for these bills. I first found out about them on YouTube. They have a lot of information on YouTube about coin stamps currency. So I don't know why you would think that all of these sales are fake but that's your opinion. Just seeking out knowledge.

[raaphds]

And people sell $100 bills all the time. And items worth more than $100. It's no riskier than selling anything else. You might have a $1 bill that could be worth $1,000 that doesn't make sense.

[powell-memorabilia]

Hey, I hope that you are right.  But take a look at the listings and the solds.  There are over 10,000 "fancy serial number" listings.  10,000 means that they aren't terribly rare.  Absolutely, you can get a big multiple to face value on a small denomination bill.  But take a look at those $100 "fancy" bills - most sell for very close to $100 each.  I don't see how sellers are making out, after fees.  Throw in the INAD risk from a scammer, and no way I'd list one.

For those items that are fetching far more than $100, I do doubt that those sales went through.  On the several that I spot checked, NONE had feedback from buyer or seller.  None!  That is a decent clue that the sales were never consumated.

Oh, and those YouTube videos - dude shows "sold" values on eBay, not understanding that outlandish pricing on corningware, beanie babies, and "fancy" bills aren't really reliable.  

Again, I hope that your bill is worth a boatload.  And I'm not saying it is a bad gamble - risk $100 to gain $3000?  I'd be tempted to take that wager, even if I think that the chances or a completed sale, with no eventuality of a refund, are pretty slim.  

[buyologist-3]

"Are you taking Managed Payments on the $30,000 baseball card?   I know it will probably go through the authentication process but what if someone there swaps it out for a cheap card?   Are you protected?  Goodluck."

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Does this have anything to do with the 'Star Dollar' in question?  It's marked as the Solution to this post.  Am I missing something?  Thanks!

[raaphds]

Well I didn't buy the $100 bill I found it in my pocket so it's not like I risk much to get it I had it already I didn't buy it so I mean anything you sell on eBay is risky and somebody might scam you out of anything not just currency. But I've sold over a million dollars worth of items on ebay since 1999. And I've been scammed before bye unscrupulous buyers. But for the most part 99.9% of those cells went through just perfect 

[raaphds]

Then on top of that it's a star note which adds value to a bill

[raaphds]

No it has nothing to do with the star note. I accidentally hit solution. 

[raaphds]

And a lot of those sales on YouTube are not from eBay they are quoted irom heritage auctions

[stephenmorgan]

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@raaphds wrote:

No it has nothing to do with the star note. I accidentally hit solution. 

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Did you know you can go back to the Solution and click on the down button in the upper right and undue the selection of the Solution?

[annadryl]

Just wondering what's fancy about the serno. More '8s' than usual?

Usually "fancy serial" means something a little more meaningful to someone willing to spend more than it's worth.

[raaphds]

Thanks

[raaphds]

https://www.mycurrencycollection.com/reference/fancy-serial-number-checker