Capital Currency, Incorporated.



What do I have?


This page is being created because of the dozens of eMails that we receive every week from people who have found a piece of currency that is unusual in some way.

What have you found? Is it rare? Valuable? How can you sell it? Hopefully this page will answer your questions or point you in the right direction.

It is very important that you send as much information as possible (and a scan doesn't hurt). We are overwhelmed with questions like..

"I have a $20.00 bill with an error in the serial number. What's it worth?"

"I have a $5.00 bill with red serial numbers. What is it worth?"

"I have a note without In God We Trust printed on the back. Valuable?"

These things are like calling a car dealer and saying "I have a red Ford in my garage. What's it worth?"

Details, details, details!!!

Email us with the Subject Line "What do I have?"

Tell us the denomination, the series, serial numbers, plate numbers from face and back, overall grade and or condition (don't just say Good or Very Good. Describe wrinkles, tears, writing, folds, bends, dirty, etc) and anything else that makes the note look different. You may have a $5.00 note with red serial numbers printed in 1934 with different size plate numbers om the face and the back. If you do and it is in near perfect condition, it would be worth about $1800.00. But how are we to know? Details.

Go to This Page to See the Anatomy of a Note.

If you send us an eMail without the required information, you will be redirected to a page that tells you what info to send. We do not charge for this service and can't spend the countless hours trying to figure out what people are asking or playing eMail tag.

We have added a few of the more common questions to this page.

Question:
"I have a new $5.00 note with a letter or letters missing from the seal. It is valuable?"


Answer:
Spend it. 10's of 1000's are known with this problem. It has no collectors value at all.


Question:
"I have a piece of currency that has part of one side bleeding through, printed on both sides, or mirrored on the other side to the other side. What it is? Is it rare?



Answer:
An Offset error occurs when all or a portion of the design meant for one side of a piece of currency is printed in reverse or mirrored image on the opposite side of the note. As errors go, this is a fairly common error type and doesn't command much collector premium unless:

These types do command a collector premium and CCI buys them on a regular basis.

EMail stephen@capcurr.com with detailed (you can never be too detailed!) description of the note and condition or grade of the note.

Question:
I have a $500 (or $1000 or $5000 or $10,000) bill. Is it real and does it have any value or the face value?



Answer:
US currency was printed in these denominations for Series 1928 and 1934. These "high denominations" have not been issued since the early 60's. Even well worn "high denoms" command a collectors premium.

CCI routinely buys high denomination notes and is actively searching for all high denom replacement notes (with a star at the end of the serial number).

EMail stephen@capcurr.com with detailed (you can never be too detailed!) description of the note and condition or grade of the note.

More to come!


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