$5 US note from the WaWa this morning!

ambro51

Seems almost impossible to find any of the 'old style' currency notes anymore, imagine my surprise when the checkout girl handed me a $5 US red seal note today at the WaWa! Naturally, I asked her if she had 'any more'........., but that was the only one.

45 years old and still out there, amazing.

tjkillian

I think it is a sign of the health of the economy. People are spending stuff they would normally have saved.

Congratulations!

Whitby

This is wild. I just got a 5 dollar silver cert from the 50's at my local 7-11. Its a blue seal, but, hey, I am keeping it.

InternetJunky

<< <i>I think it is a sign of the health of the economy. People are spending stuff they would normally have saved.

Congratulations! >>



True that. I'd love to be one of the guys who works for CoinStar. All sorts of goodies are probably being dumped in there.

YaHa

Times are tough..

OPA

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<< <i>I think it is a sign of the health of the economy. People are spending stuff they would normally have saved.

Congratulations! >>



True that. I'd love to be one of the guys who works for CoinStar. All sorts of goodies are probably being dumped in there. >>



chances are slim that CoinStar will have any "goodies." The machines reject all silver coins...

PerryHall

<< <i>Seems almost impossible to find any of the 'old style' currency notes anymore, imagine my surprise when the checkout girl handed me a $5 US red seal note today at the WaWa! Naturally, I asked her if she had 'any more'........., but that was the only one.

45 years old and still out there, amazing. >>



What was the grade? Any pics?

InternetJunky

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<< <i>I think it is a sign of the health of the economy. People are spending stuff they would normally have saved.

Congratulations! >>



True that. I'd love to be one of the guys who works for CoinStar. All sorts of goodies are probably being dumped in there. >>



chances are slim that CoinStar will have any "goodies." The machines reject all silver coins... >>




Really? I didn't know that. I retract my previous statement then

coinandcurrency242

I've gotton some unique bills out of circulation working as a cashier... some old twenties and quite a few star notes! It's amazing what you can find with an open eye!

ProofArtworkonCircs

<<I've gotton some unique bills out of circulation working as a cashier... some old twenties and quite a few star notes! It's amazing what you can find with an open eye! >>

I used to do that 55 years ago. Late 1928 red seals still circulated. (Actually, that might have been a tad unusual. I was in the Boston FR District and perhaps we had a monoply on red seals [$2 and $5 only]. Comments welcome from anybody in the know.)

I found the early red seals and early 1928 FRB's interesting, but I didn't have time to read the fine print. I developed a very good eye for checking signatures. These were always in the same position and a very reliable indicator of something interesting. I was always glad to spot an Andy Mellon go by. Once a lady gave me two $2's with his signature. I would not have spotted them otherwise.

Have you devloped any tricks of the trade?

ambro51

here it is

Hyperion

that sticks out like a sore thumb, suprised it wasn't either picked off, or rejected as "counterfeit" by the cashier

VirtualWon

Not bad condition what they go for now 75?

3sidesofsilver

3sidesofsilver

AUandAG

I spend them all the time. The old folded, washed, wrinkled but otherwise GEM notes need
to be spent!

bob

3sidesofsilver

Similarly, just a few days ago I received 4 cents change and all 4 cents were 1950's wheats. I usually find about 1 a month, completely at random, but thought it odd to get 4 at once...almost like someone cashed in a roll of wheats.