An update on my musty bills: I left the bills in a sealed bag with the silica and it worked really well. I had put all the bills together so the ones in the middle still had a very slight odor but it's barely noticeable. I'll separate them and leave them in a bit longer. I was a bit nervous about pu...

Any suggestions on removing a musty smell from 1954 bills? I bought them from an online auction and didn't have a chance to see or smell them before bidding. I knew it was a bit risky to bid on them based only on pictures. They were in individual hard plastic sleeves which also smelled so I chucked ...

I attempted to take it straight on but it was taken by hand so may not be exactly 90 degrees.

back.JPG obverse.JPG I was given this 1926 nickel many years ago by my uncle. He knew a lot about coins (I think) and he told me it was a far 6. I think it is but I'm really not sure. I've looked at a few articles showing the near and far coins but I still find it hard to see the difference. I'd ap...

Thanks for those additional comments.

I learn a lot from this site and it's very much appreciated that people are willing to share their knowledge.

Thanks for those comments. It hadn't occurred to me that it might be the ink but now that I look at it again I can see that the colour matches the ink and the smear spreads out evenly from the letters and numbers (in a circle around the asterisk for example). I assume when you say "processed", you m...

This bill was on sale at a local auction recently. It was part of a group of 26 one dollar bills. The rest were common bills from 1967 and 1973. This was the only one from 1954. I am new to collecting banknotes but I assume a replacement bill with a 3-digit radar would be quite rare. The auction pic...

I would be interested in getting some opinions on why this bill may have sold for so much - is it something special or did someone pay way too much? It was for sale in a local online auction. I went to see it and I had planned to bid on it. It is ungraded. I would say it is in uncirculated conditio...

I would be interested in getting some opinions on why this bill may have sold for so much - is it something special or did someone pay way too much? It was for sale in a local online auction. I went to see it and I had planned to bid on it. It is ungraded. I would say it is in uncirculated condition...

I'm selling these bills on eBay in case anyone is interested. I bought them recently at a local auction thinking they might be worth a few dollars due to the serial numbers. I'm not interested in keeping them due to their condition but I can appreciate that some people like collecting rare numbers. ...

Thanks for that comment. I realize this bill is not in very good shape so not a good example. I am more interested in trying to figure out whether I'm reading the price guide correctly, i.e. it doesn't list BBX with large B so would it fall under BBX or the other prefixes with large B. As an example...

I am new to the forum and would appreciate some help with this bill. When I look it up in the price guide, large B is mentioned for the prefix BGA to BGZ and not for BBX. Does that mean that the large B doesn't affect the value for a BBX bill? Or that the value is more in line with the BGA to BGZ on...