Exciting Find: $1 Silver Certificate

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zazosmom New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 10/22/2011 3:13 pm My son went into the bank to get a pack of 50 $1 bills. He usually buys rolls of coins but he wanted to try ones today. 5 minutes down the road, he starts screaming about finding a silver certificate! Sure, enough, there was a 1957 silver certificate in his pack. Isn't this pretty unusual? Report this Post to the Staff

TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 10/22/2011 3:20 pm Sure it is unusual, not horribly impossible, it happens. I would be looking very cosely at other bills in the pack for Barr dollars and star notes and fancy serial numbers. Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 10/22/2011 3:38 pm I used to come across a silver certificate once in awhile when I was a kid --- but that was a looooong time ago. LOL I would have thought it impossible these days. I'm very happy for him. Now he needs to go buy the plastic sleeves to store paper money. LOL Report this Post to the Staff
zazosmom New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 10/22/2011 3:48 pm Barr?...Star?...Fancy?...so much to learn! We went through the stack again and did find two bills with serial numbers that were A235179447A and A235179450A...so that was pretty neat. He loves that silver certificate though so yes, we will definitely be picking up a protector for it. Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 10/22/2011 3:59 pm Well, you can look all that stuff up but Barr notes are signed Barr -- very short time at the job and therefore a little scarce, and Star notes have an * in the serial number. I doubt that a silver certificate was circulating all these decades, so I think someboy cleaned out a drawer for an elderly relative and didn't know why the bills were saved. Which is a shame, but a bit of luck for your son! Yea! At least it was found by somebody who cares and now it will have a good home. Report this Post to the Staff
D0ubl3Eagle Pillar of the Community United States 5854 Posts	Posted 10/22/2011 7:56 pm Great find! Finding anything like that is always exciting! Report this Post to the Staff
ckrakowski Pillar of the Community 979 Posts	Posted 10/23/2011 1:22 pm sorry buddy but the barr note is not scacre they printed 458,880,000 $1 dollar bills with his sig. on it. Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 10/23/2011 11:05 pm OH NO! 458,880,000? Well, I know where five of them are. LOL They are the only five I have ever come across -- so they're living with my collection. Seriously, I had no idea there were so many printed. Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 10/24/2011 10:59 am Any WEB notes? http://www.webpressnotes.com/webnotesinfo.htm Edited by oih82w8 10/24/2011 10:59 am Report this Post to the Staff
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