This June I got to go to the Currency Show in Kansas City. As I wrote in my last blog post I was trying to start a currency collection so that is one reason me and my family went. To start of my collection with some paper money that wasn’t too expensive, I bought a five dollar red seal series 1953 A. I also bought Disney dollars while I was at the show although they aren’t for my currency collection necessarily I bought them for a display I am going to do on Disney dollars soon.The main reason I chose the red seal five dollar bill to start my collection was because I already had one that someone gave me but it wasn’t in very good condition so I got an almost uncirculated one. It’s a lot nicer to look at than a wrinkled one!

The Victory Note

This year my family went to Irving Texas for the National Money Show. The main reason we went there though was because I did a money talk on World War II Emergency currency and I put a display in on Kennedy half dollars. The three World War II currency's I talked about were the Victory Note, North African Yellow Seal Certificate and the Hawaii note. It was a new experience for me so it was a little scary. Although I earned 250 YN dollars for doing it so that was the best part! I didn't get any awards for my display but that was OK because it was my first time and a learning experience.

It all started when my dad and I went to Starbucks my dad handed the guy there 2 Susan B Anthony dollars and some change and the guy kept telling him he needed more money because he didn't realize they were worth a dollar. That’s when I realized that most people don't know what a Susan B Anthony Dollar is. So I decided to do a survey on the High School students at my school. The most common answer I got for my survey was she was an Indian Lady, the denomination was San Francisco which was funny because the answer was on the coin and most people had a random answer for how many years it was made. So because lots of people don't know what a Susan B Anthony Dollar is I am going to tell you.