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lordmarcovan
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I spotted this amongst the windblown trash in the grass beside a Mexican restaurant parking lot. Needless to say, it grabbed my attention immediately.


“No WAY!”, I muttered.




Ha! OK, y’all had me there, for a sec. Best quality movie prop note I’ve seen.


Still a fun find.

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  • Ted 1
    Ted 1 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭✭
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    Found what I thought was a 90's $20 a few years ago. Turned out to be a copy on the front, religious pamphlet on back for Tony Alamo.

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Way cool find 😎

  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    Was going to ask was there a string/thread attached to it.

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  • goodmoney4badmoney
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    @BLUEJAYWAY said:
    Was going to ask was there a string/thread attached to it.

  • Goob
    Goob Posts: 576 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @lordmarcovan said:
    I spotted this amongst the windblown trash in the grass beside a Mexican restaurant parking lot. Needless to say, it grabbed my attention immediately.


    “No WAY!”, I muttered.




    Ha! OK, y’all had me there, for a sec. Best quality movie prop note I’ve seen.


    Still a fun find.

    Happened to me once before when my cousin and I were walking back to his house from his local target. I found the prop bill on the side of the road, but it took us a bit longer to realize it wasn’t real. It’s a fun find but definitely a little bit of a disappointment!
    (Although we still had a bit of fun with the bill afterwards! 😆)

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A fiend of mine got one outta Costco, again good for you, lc

  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Ted 1 said:
    Found what I thought was a 90's $20 a few years ago. Turned out to be a copy on the front, religious pamphlet on back for Tony Alamo.

    Yeah, it was lying with the back side up. I fully expected to see a religious tract or ad printed on the other side. When I turned it over and saw Ben’s face and the regular design instead, my hopes rose for a second. Only to be dashed when I read the fine print. LOL

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  • element159
    element159 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭
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    That's cool. I laughed when I saw this title associated with something besides a damaged coin and instead I found something fun. I'd like to find one of these, I've never even seen much less found one.

  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yeah, it was in pristine condition, unlike most “road rash” coins found in parking lots.

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  • golden
    golden Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I did find a real one a couple of years ago in the yard.

  • Serial_no_8
    Serial_no_8 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭
    edited March 25, 2026 8:55AM
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    I discovered a cloud of several TWENTIES flying around like a funnel cloud on this fairly busy intersection. I pulled over, dodged traffic & ran about, scooping up the green notes the best I could (despite the wind blowing around to thwart my efforts). Several got away. While standing/panting on the intersection median, a lady pulled up & yelled out the window, "there's a wallet back there!" So, dutifully, I retrieved the wallet & put the 10 bills into it. I spent about a half hour going through the wallet (no driver's license) & finally found the guy's gym membership (or some card ID), used the Yellow pages to get his # & called.

    He came by to pick it up later. He said he left his wallet on the back of a pick-up truck (are you kidding me?!) but he looked so poor I'm glad I did the appropriate thing even though that was a day I won't forget (going from jubilation to deflated fatigue pretty darn quick!) He told me there was about $300 in the wallet so I guess I missed 5. He looked pretty crushed that it was only $200 (I had found) but I kept thinking (you're darn lucky I was there and am at least an honest guy who went out of my way to contact you!) If I wasn't in as good shape as I was, it would have been $60 or maybe $80 tops!

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