Put down your phone and go through your old wallet, your old drawer, your iron box in the bottom of your closet, even your older generation's old cardboard under the bottom of the box — maybe a small pink ticket with no eye-opening and rough hands will surprise you, sell it to 230 dollars, double the value of your face and pay for half a day
It is the 1996 dollar currency that we used every day and every day as a child and that is now hard to trace. It was a “hard currency” in its pocket, buying a cream popsicle, a meat bun, a bag of plain noodles, even a little book of people, able to pull out this pink little ticket, rubbing rough paper and spending extra gas。
Remember, when i was a kid, the cashier at the commissary was stacked together, and only the one-dollar banknote was particularly visible — the pink bottom colour, with two girls wearing national dress on it, the big earring, the brightest eyes, the emptiness of the left side, the fact that the number “1” in the lower right corner was exceptionally inverted, and the plastic banknote in hand, and the plastic money in hand, was not a very good feeling。
At that time, no one took it seriously, squeezing it with the keys, rubber, sugar paper, oil stains, sweat stains on it, and the corner of the paper turned gray and wrinkled quickly; some were folded into small squares, put in their pockets, and some were even used as paper-clip planes, folding boats and throwing them away. Who would have thought that today, decades later, such a small ticket, which could have been abandoned at the auction, would have cost a fortune of $230 to make millions of people regret it
Recently, the collection has been swiped by this old dollar: a brand-new, unmoved 1996 currency at an auction, which, after multiple rounds of fierce bidding, was sold at a price of $230, prompting an instant discussion among tibetans; and a secret trade between tibetans, a 1996 dollar with a fluorescent effect, sold directly to $280, more than double the 2020 exchange price
The comment section blew up a pot, and the tibetans left a message: "i have a dollar in my family that my mother saved that year, and i don't know how much it's worth." when i was a kid, my dad gave me a brand-new one. I didn't like it. I changed two popsicles, and now it's a big loss." with this pink little ticket, how can you sell $230 when you buy a bag full of plastic? What's going on?" it's just an old note. How could it be so valuable?"
Today, this article is full of big words, no words, no rules, 5,000 words of dry stuff -- this 90-year-old one dollar, what is it? Why is the $1 small ticket that can be spent at hand today at a high price of $230? How do you know what's real or not? What are the traps to avoid for starters? Even if you're the new white boy, you'll be able to do it easily
It is recommended that the collection be forwarded, that you tell your family and friends to go through their old collections together, and that you may be able to turn this "hundred-dollar baby" out of a corner where you can't see it, and hold on to your hidden wealth
Many new collectors, when they heard “old dollar notes”, thought they were all the same and felt that they had a lot of money in their homes and could sell them at high prices with one. In fact, the difference between the 1996 dollar notes and the 1980 and 1990 dollar notes in the fourth set of renminbis is so great that it is “one-sided” that it simply fails to take a leak and even to pay school fees。
Let's give you an intuitive comparison, a table that understands the core differences of the three, so that the newcomers can directly cross-reference and avoid error:
Year and type: 1980 (abbreviated by 801), 1990 (abbreviated by 901), both regular versions of the fourth set of renminbi (abbreviated by 901), with early circulation and wide circulation; 1996 (abbreviated by 961), the only single version of the fourth set of renminbi (abbreviated by 961), which was issued for one year only, was a special type of transition period and the only single currency in the fourth set that was singled out for 1996。
2. Releases and deposits: about 15. 9 billion copies of 801 distributions and 23. 4 billion copies of 901 distributions, both of which are large in world life and can be found in households; and about 3 billion copies of 961 distributions, which are extremely consuming and, after two or three decades of use, wear and tear and discard, have become extremely scarce, much less than 801, 901。
Leather design and process: 801, 901, main colours, which are relatively simple in detail, and anti-false techniques are more based; 961, main colours, which are more pink, have clearer features for the girls of the positive ethnic group, have more curvatures of clothing, earrings, are more refined in the lower left, the number “1” in the lower right corner is deeper, and the paper is specially crafted to feel thicker, rougher and far above 801, 901。
4. Market prices: $801 for general circulation items, $10-20 for new items, $50-80 for new items, $901 for general circulation items, $5-15 for new items, $30-60 for new items, and $961 for general circulation items, $20-50 for new non-negotiable items, $150-230 for top products, up to $280 or more, three to five times more than 801, 901。
So let me give you some more details about the appearance of the 1996 dollar note, so the newcomer can contrast it to see if it's this "hundred-dollar baby" in his family and avoid misperception:
First of all, look at the top colour and pattern: in 1996, the top colour was a light pink, the whole color was soft and very sensitive. In the front, there are two young girls in national dress, one on the left, the other on the left, the other on the right, with a smile, a bright eye, and the other with a large earring, which is very moving; both are clearly visible, with silver and embroidery of the other, which are well painted。
On the front, the words “people's republic of china” are printed, the fonts are set and clear, the chinese people's bank is printed below and the face value is “us$ 1”, and the number “1” in the lower right corner is dented, printed in depth, with a clear sense of condensation on the finger, which is one of the key details for identifying the true and false. There's a emptied pattern down the left, a thin stripe, and a clear view of the contours of the pattern through light, which was an important forgery-proof design of the year。
The back is a local view of the great wall. The brick strips of the walls are visible. The mountains, the sky have a strong sense of hierarchy, the colours are light, in stark contrast to the positive pink, and the overall design is a simple atmosphere with both national characteristics and chinese traditional culture。
Second, look at paper: in 1996, a dollar-dollar currency was used in specially made cotton-smelted paper, the largest feature of which was “heavy, rough, resilient”, which was heavier and harder in hand than the current one, touching a clear sense of granularity and not as smooth as the current plastic. Squeeze with your fingers and make the sound of "sals", which is also unique to the old currency, which is difficult to imitate。
Then look at the fluorescent effect: this is a major feature of the 1996 dollar currency and an important basis for the tibetans to judge and distinguish between true and false. The fluorescent fluorescent reaction is clear when the fluorescent red, blue fluorescent fibers appear on the face, evenly distributed and scintillated like stars; the fluorescent fluorescent fluorescent light is generated by the positive national image of the girl, the number “1”, the pattern of the great wall on the back。
A lot of tibetans said they didn't know there was fluorescent protection. This is a statement that you recognize the authenticity of the banknotes by touching the roughness of the paper, touching the condensedness of the number “1”, touching the touch of the colour of the emptiness, which can be identified even with closed eyes. Grandpa's people used to put a new banknote in their hands and smiled and said, "this money is solid and good, and it's worth something. Don't spend it all." now think about it, it's true。
Finally, the crown number: in 1996, the crown number of a single dollar currency was made up of two letters + eight arabic numerals, with a relatively small number of crowns, common in cps, cqs, crs, css, etc., some of which (e. G. Zj, zn, etc.) have very little circulation, have a higher value in collection, and a single one price can be 50-100 yuan more expensive than the normal one. A rookie can look at his family's notes and see what a crown is, which may be scarce and worth more。
Here, it is recalled that in 1996 there were special editions such as fluorescent, false, special numbers (swipe, invert, birthday, etc.), the price of which was much higher than the normal version, i. E., a new 961 with a sphinx (e. G. 12345678), which sold more than $300, the wrong version sold thousands of dollars, and the newcomers must be careful not to miss the chance to take a leak。
Many people would ask why the 1996 version of the fourth set of renminbi, already available in the 1980 and 1990 editions, should be issued. And only a year after it was released, it stopped? In fact, the issuance of a single dollar currency in 1996 had a special history behind it, a “single” of the fourth set of renminbi to the fifth set of renminbi, and a witness to the development of the era, which was one of the central reasons why it could sell high prices。
Let's review the history of the entire distribution of the fourth set of yuan/dollar notes, which can be easily understood by newcomers:
The fourth set, issued in 1987 and officially withdrawn from circulation in 2018, accompanied us for 31 years, 80 years later, 9 years later
