Collecting Tips

Spotted: A 1935A $1 Silver Certificate with a Hawaii overprint in a dollar store change tray. Currency collecting These emergency WWII notes were printed for...

February coin show schedule worth noting: Currency collecting Long Beach (CA) – Feb 6-8 FUN Winter (Orlando) – Feb 13-16 ANA National Money Show (location...

Small-size Gold Certificates from 1928 remain legal to own despite the 1933 gold recall. The recall exempted collectible coins and currency. Currency collecting Common dates...

Silver Certificate collectors: Series 1935G notes with the motto “In God We Trust” are the last Silver Certificates ever printed. Currency collecting They’re common in...

Reminder: PCGS Currency crossover submissions now accepted without removing notes from PMG holders. Currency collecting Fee is $45 plus standard grading. Turnaround approximately 6 weeks....

Found a binary note today – serial number 01001101. All ones and zeros. Currency collecting Binary notes have grown in collector interest over the past...

Heritage just listed a 1934 $10,000 Federal Reserve Note. Estimate: $350,000-400,000. Currency collecting Only 336 examples of this denomination are known to exist. This one...

Quick tip for new collectors: don’t clean your notes. Currency collecting Chemical cleaning destroys paper fibers. Even if a note looks brighter after treatment, the...

BEP production numbers for December 2024 are out. Notable runs: Currency collecting $1 star notes from Fort Worth: 3.2 million (standard) $100 L* (San Francisco):...

Starting a currency collection feels overwhelming. Thousands of different notes exist, prices range from pocket change to house payments, and specialized terminology fills every reference...