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Interesting find at the credit union today...
Mercury10c
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I know it's only worth $5, but it's still neat to find stuff like this still in circulation.
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Executive Order 11110
You just might have something there. From the above linked consipiracy theory:
"A number of "Kennedy bills" were indeed issued - the author has a five dollar bill in his possession with the heading "United States Note" - but were quickly withdrawn after Kennedy's death."
Could easily be worth more than $5. Check with the guys on the currency forum and report back to us.
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Bastiat
When I was a teen in the mid 50s, these were pretty common along with the silver certificates and National Bank notes.
What wasn't seen often was low denomination Federal Reserve notes.
I think the tough economy is bringing this stuff out.
Ray
<< <i>Sweet! Do you think it's too early to tell my boss to go f herself? >>
Did you get your Christmas turkey yet? Might want to wait.
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Bastiat
Shoot, I thought you may have actually found credit at the credit union............MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
<< <i><<Interesting find at the credit union today>>
Shoot, I thought you may have actually found credit at the credit union............MJ >>
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Bastiat
and didn't want to tie $50 up in something that I don't really want, so I let it go. Was that a bad
idea?
<< <i>Some months ago I actually found a $50, but it was old and ragged, and I don't collect currency
and didn't want to tie $50 up in something that I don't really want, so I let it go. Was that a bad
idea? >>
Try asking the U.S and World currency forum. That's their domain.
"Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
http://www.american-legacy-coins.com
Silver certificates were issued against practically the whole supply of US silver before Kennedy. All one dollar notes were silver certificates in those days.
United States Notes were a mere drop in the bucket, although I am surprised they eliminated them.
from kitco
Over time, United States Notes became an increasingly minor part of United States currency, and the large notes conservatively reflected designs of Civil War currency, as can still be seen in the Series 1917 $1 [reverse] and $2 [reverse]. By 1910, U.S. Notes only accounted for a tenth of all currency, and by 1960 for only a hundreth. Thus, this form of currency came to be considered a nuisance. In 1966 it was decided to discontinue current issues ($2 in 1966 and $5 in 1968) and to simply concentrate on satisfying the law of 1878 with a new $100 note issue. Few of these, however, made their way to the public. The Treasury adopted the practice of moving notes into a certain room where they were regarded de jure as being in circulation. By the 1990's, when U.S. Notes would count for less than a thousanth of U.S. currency, it was considered about time to end this farcical, dishonest procedure, and Congress finally eliminated the statutory requirement that the Treasury issue them.