Expert: Brad Swain - 1/4/2010

Question
I recently was given about 40 one dollar silver certificates, 3 5's and the rest ones. All of them circulated.  From what I read, they really are only worth face value or a few cents more.  Should I be looking for something on the bills or just take them to the bank.  I also found 2 1934 10 dollar bills in there, are they worth any more than 10 dollars
Thanks

Answer
Hi Bob, Collector value of a note depends on date, series letter or signature and condition, including amount of wear, any folds, tears or stains as well as collector demand. There have been so many made of these that only the uncirculated ones (no wear) have any significant value above face value.
With a green or blue seal they may be worth up to about $25 depending on amount of wear and collector demand:
U.S. small size paper money values:
http://coinsite.com/html/uspapermoneyprices(sm).asp
and
http://www.bestcoin.com/U-S-Currency-FAQ-Values.htm
You might take it by a local coin shop for a first hand opinion: http://find.mapmuse.com/interest/coin_dealers .
Brad