Two dollars

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The first issue of the magazine about coins and banknotes was published here.  I have several US $2 bills.

https://www.mincebankovkysveta.cz/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwo6GyBhBwEiwAzQTmc5f4tRmXjejaiCmu3qszfVw7DBUOwgcQ-C3E2a0b8U9ea6kOp-s5shoCdp0QAvD_BwE

  I have few banknotes in my collection and now I assure you that I do not understand the numbers and letters on the banknotes.  Could someone give me a link where I can find an explanation.  printers, meaning of numbers, designation?

About everything that made me very upset and I threw everything on the ground emotionally.  Who will explain it?  How can a UNC bill be valid - rated on average that it can be bought for $1.90.

How can something also happen?

Ivan

Here is the line for your first banknote:

Here is the line for your second one:

Here is a great site for US banknotes:  http://www.uspapermoney.info/  and for the $2 Series 2013: http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2013_b.html  The Series 2017A page is incomplete but is here:  http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2017ab.html  

I can't explain the $1.90 but you'll notice most have $2.00 minimum values.

Give me a few minutes and I'll mark up your specific banknotes showing where the information is.

If you need an external website to log in your note correctly then something is wrong with the catalog page.

wow thank you so much for the quick reply - I will study it just to recover a little from the amount that has accumulated.  I'll take a picture of the other UNC 2 dollar bills and put them here - I'll go for it.  Thanks mate.

Ivan

There are probably easier ways to determine which line but I'm a novice with banknotes and this is how I do it for US ones:

Idolenz

If you need an external website to log in your note correctly then something is wrong with the catalog page.

Agree but most information is on the Numista page/year lines except for those banknote that were made with COPE or LEPE.  Only serial number tables can identify which.  The serial numbers could be added to the Numista page “B 000 00001 A to B 192 00000 A - COPE”, “B 192 00001 A and above - LEPE”  if somebody wanted to.

I think, colleagues, that the others are the same, that the same printers, so they will be distinguished by a number in the order:

The second one:

Is this even relevant to add them then if you can't see the difference anyway and need obscure numerology?

rsirian1

The second one:

 

I think, colleagues, that the others are the same, that the same printers, so they will be distinguished by a number in the order

And thank you very much for the explanation mate.

Ivan

Idolenz

Is this even relevant to add them then if you can't see the difference anyway and need obscure numerology?

To me, no, but I don't collect banknotes. I'm sure you'll get much different feedback from banknote collectors.

And thank you very much for the explanation, colleague, there is still a small one at the bottom right: FWC 24 or 25,26,29 - is this something important-informational?  And thank you very much for the explanation.

Ivan

MIMAEL

And thank you very much for the explanation, colleague, there is still a small one at the bottom right: FWC 24 or 25,26,29 - is this something important-informational?  And thank you very much for the explanation.

Ivan

 

Up until 1991, all U.S. currency was printed in Washington, DC but in that year, the new printing facility was opened in Fort Worth, Texas. Notes printed in Fort Worth will have a small FW.  The numbers indicate printing plate number and plate position.  Pretty much all banknotes today are printed at Fort Worth.  They are not needed to identify recent US banknotes.  

More information here:  http://www.uspapermoney.info/general/note.html

I have found this site by the US Currency Education Program most useful.  The main menu might be more accessible as it provides different languages as well although @rsirian1 has explained things well. 😀

About everything that made me very upset and I threw everything on the ground emotionally.  Who will explain it?  How can a UNC bill be valid - rated on average that it can be bought for $1.90.

Ivan, I don't take the pricing tables very seriously on Numista since they're based on a lot data which may (or more likely may not) reflect what a note actually costs (or can be sold for).  Obviously, $1.90 doesn't make sense for a $2.00 note suggesting a problem with the software that calculates these numbers.  

What likely complicates things, is that many users have secured the note for FV (or Face Value & paid $2.00 for a note which may be tough/hard to source).   The same note may cost other collectors 150%  - 200% FV (& perhaps more, depending on many factors).  I would suspect that the newer the note (& the lower the denomination) the more unreliable the tables will be.  For older notes (& higher denominations -which typically cost collectors a significant premium) the data from the tables would likely be much more reliable.  For all catalogues, collectors must remember that the tables are made up of 'ballpark" figures, approximations, just like greensheet provides dealers with a starting point (a $X figure that could be negotiated).  

Hope that helps!

rsirian1 Pretty much all banknotes today are printed at Fort Worth.  

This is just not true. Large numbers of US banknotes have been and are still being printed in D.C.

They are not needed to identify recent US banknotes.  

Again, not true. It's important for collectors to know where an US banknote was printed. Hence, the FW or absence of it is important.

redlock

rsirian1 Pretty much all banknotes today are printed at Fort Worth.  

This is just not true. Large numbers of US banknotes have been and are still being printed in D.C.

 

 

They are not needed to identify recent US banknotes.  

Again, not true. It's important for collectors to know where an US banknote was printed. Hence, the FW or absence of it is important.

I was just looking at the $2 banknotes.  Every series after 1976 was printed at FW.  I didn't check all other denominations.  Thanks for correcting me.

rsirian1

I was just looking at the $2 banknotes.  Every series after 1976 was printed at FW.  I didn't check all other denominations.  Thanks for correcting me.

An honest mistake. Happens to the best of us. 😉