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Buried paper money

laserartlaserart Posts: 2,255 ✭
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How long would paper money last buried in a box of some type and maybe not water tight? And no I haven't found any or know of any buried, just wondering that this morning.
"If I had a nickel for every nickel I ever had, I'd have all my nickels back".

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  • mrgubymrguby Posts: 684
    done properly. 100 or so yrs.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If moisture, even in the form of condensation gets in, it will not last more than ten to fifteen years... if that long. Cheers, RickO
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭


    << <i>done properly. 100 or so yrs. >>


    Climate also plays an effect, but the range can be anywhere from 10 to 100+ years
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,594 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some notes from the Titanic still looked decent after nearly 80 years sitting in a safe at the bottom of the ocean.
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • laserartlaserart Posts: 2,255 ✭


    << <i>Some notes from the Titanic still looked decent after nearly 80 years sitting in a safe at the bottom of the ocean. >>


    I doubt there was much oxygen down that deep to speed up any deterioration.
    "If I had a nickel for every nickel I ever had, I'd have all my nickels back".
  • mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
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    Ray
  • mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    This is how you want to find it image

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    Ray
  • mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    This is how you don't want to find it:

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  • KarbKarb Posts: 557 ✭✭✭
    What an amazing find. I don't even dream like that
    Robert

    Hoarding silver and collecting history
  • mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    I think threads are better with pictures... here are a few more...

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    Found in sewer

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    Enough to bath in is all I ask...

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    Not buried but "found".

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    Burying it sounded good at first...



  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 44,081 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, cool hoard story. All those bison notes and stuff. Awesome.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • DarkwaveraveDarkwaverave Posts: 111 ✭✭
    That story about the buried Horde is Not true. The Roofers actually found it in a home in some rafters and stole it. They were arrested, here is kind of a follow up story.

    http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4429918/detail.html
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