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golden

While looking through some boxes ,that we had stored upstairs, I found two Unc. $100 Confederate notes that I thought I had sold years ago. Now if I can just find that $5 gold Indian that has been missing for over a decade!

thebeav

That's a great find.....When I find old bills, they're the kind I have to pay......

Timbuk3

Good job !!!

topstuf

I wish I hadn't sold off the slug of various ones I bought in the shop from one guy. :'(

They're cool.

BillDugan1959

@golden said:
While looking through some boxes ,that we had stored upstairs, I found two Unc. $100 Confederate notes that I thought I had sold years ago. Now if I can just find that $5 gold Indian that has been missing for over a decade!

This is a really good feeling and I have had a similar experience at least twice in the past.

First (Darkside): I found an 1835 Poland 10 Zlotych - 1 and 1/2 Rubles silver crown (a coin with a double denomination), a nice coin, in a junk-stuffed red double row box about ten years ago. I was just certain that I had sold it several years earlier, and still had a twinge of regret in my mind. Great Relief. Still own this.

Second (Lightside): A few months ago, I found a 2011 $50 American Gold Buffalo in a chest of drawers in my bedroom. Drawers hadn't been cleaned out for a long while. I had owned a sizable group of these a couple of years earlier, and thought they were all gone long ago - sold to pay for private school tuition for my kid. Boy was that a nice feeling to see this gold, still in the U.S.Mint sealed plastic. I will hold on to this one harder now.

Finding two large denomination Confederate notes that you thought were long sold would be a great feeling too.

These kind of finds are great, and finding one that you thought you had sold is almost better than finding one you simply forgot about! Can't say why, but there must be some psychological explaination.

coinkat

The 1835 Polish 10z and that series became very hot years ago... I suspect the high end grades have maintained their value

BillDugan1959

@coinkat

Once in a great while I have sold off a small to moderate-sized group of World Coins to obtain money to "trade up" for better stuff, and I have almost always regretted doing so, from the loss of "historical artifacts" standpoint.

I thought this Polish 10 Zlotych went out with one of those groups and wished I hadn't peddled it. I got a second chance! The coin would have been called VF/XF by earlier standards, so it is probably not big money.

golden

One of these is the steam train engine type and the other is the slaves hoeing cotton type. These were purchased from Grover Criswell ,as uncirculated, in September 1970 for $4 each!

BillDugan1959

@golden

Of course, nowadays, the souvenir shops sell third-rate reproductions of Confederate money (notes) for $4 each!

You have a bit of good fortune here!

DoubleEagle59

Being self- employed in the gem business, I once purchased a set of diamond and platinum earring.

I paid about $2500 back in 1990.

Years went by and I totally forgot about them, I mean full blown dementia.

Then one day, I would guess about five years later, I was cleaning out my dresser drawer and lo and behold, inside a rolled up pair of socks, was the earrings.

It came in handy because it was Christmas time and I used the money from the sale to pay for Xmas that year!!

So I definitely know how the OP feels.

ricko

@golden....Nice to find things like that.... and I hope you find the $5 Indian.... I had the same problem - wrote about it here before.... lost my 1909D gold Indian.... during my move from Seattle to NYS.... was gone for about five years.... then one day.. BAM... in the most unexpected place, was not even looking for it anymore... I found it. Hang in there... it will show up. Cheers, RickO

asheland

I found the 2012 2-coin proof and reverse proof eagle set in a box a few months ago. I thought I had sold it, but there it was!
After 5 years, I open it and no milk spots or tarnish, just as perfect as the day I got them. I was pleasantly surprised.

oih82w8

@thebeav said:
That's a great find.....When I find old bills, they're the kind I have to pay......

Have you ever sent the gas payment to the electric company and vice-versa to buy you a little extra time on "hot check Thursday"?

Kkathyl

I paid my Mortgage once to the home equity line. I get a call saying my Mortgage was not paid. I was like what. Sure enough look and had 2,650 credit on a line I never used. That was a hot mess.

thebeav

@oih82w8 said:

@thebeav said:
That's a great find.....When I find old bills, they're the kind I have to pay......

Have you ever sent the gas payment to the electric company and vice-versa to buy you a little extra time on "hot check Thursday" ?

That's a good one......I never have done that, but I do remember a rather resourceful 'time buy' back in the day..... It was during the first boom in 1979, I would usually empty my checking account every single day, buying junk. I would meet a dealer friend late every night who would front me money to get started the next day. In exchange for some numismatic courtesies, of course.....Well anyway, I had a customer selling me a deal, late in the day, that was larger than my remaining checking account balance. I dilly-dallied and conversed with this customer to draw close to the banks closing time. They were getting anxious so eventually I had to hand over the check. They ran out the door to the bank to get the money. I had absentmindedly forgotten to sign that check, however......They came back to the store for my signature after being rejected by the teller. I was apologetic and only too happy to sign. By now, the bank was closed until tomorrow.
Of course, I was at that bank first thing and made sure that that check would be good......