New Star Note

[Scott99]

Hey all!
I know I haven't posted in a while but have been working a lot of 12 hr shifts and haven't had a lot of time to search. So when I got this new $100 bill today and it was a star note, It's not a coin but I figured I'd post it.

Both my photo-editing software wouldn't let me do anything to these pictures in the program so these will just have to be straight from the camera.

[mustbebob]

I haven't seen any of the new notes yet. Then again, no one gives me hundred dollar bills either Do you plan on keeping it? I normally collect star notes but a hundred bucks is difficult to keep just because it has a star on it....for me anyway.

[Scott99]

Hah not sure yet. Put it inside a book just in case but if I need it I wont hesitate to spend it. Mainly since its been creased at least once and the serial number isnt low or anything special. I too find it hard to throw $100 bill to the side to save just because it has a star on it. Lol I havent come across one in a while so it was a nice surprise when I looked through my cash.

[Maineman750]

Just got my first one of these last week...but not a star note...thanks for sharing.

[Arjohn]

Our coin club here had a Secret Service Agent come in to talk about currency and coins. His thrust was counterfeiting and how they find it. We also got a look at the new 100 in hand and a brochure showing all the security built in. He also said any $100 bill brought into a bank (deposits, exchanges etc) was to be immediately set aside and be replaced with a new. The idea is to get the old ones off the street a quickly as possible....

[Scott99]

Yep they are pretty cool! First one I got I popped under the microscope. It actually looked pretty messy but I guess it was the best way to accomplish the security measures they had set in mind.

[LKLive13]

That's awesome... I haven't had a hundred dollar bill in my hands in YEARS and usually when I do get that rare chance its only there long enough for me to take it to someone else...lol!

[admrose]

What is cash?

Is that that stuff they used before debit and credit cards?

[GrumpyEd]

I haven't seen any of the new notes yet. Then again, no one gives me hundred dollar bills either Do you plan on keeping it? I normally collect star notes but a hundred bucks is difficult to keep just because it has a star on it....for me anyway.

I have had the same dilemma, any time I found a $20-50-100 that was a star or an older circ "bearer on demand" note. I always felt like it was neat but the face value made it difficult to keep so I offered them to friends that wanted them for face value. I might have saved them if they were $1 bills.

This is one of the cool things about collecting cents as opposed to $100 bills, we can afford to hoard them