| Author |
 Replies: 15 / Views: 2,687 |
|
|
Valued Member
United States
372 Posts |
Luckily I have a nice teller friend who is always looking out for "old" paper money for me. I hadn't been to the branch in a month or so and when I walked in she happily told me she had some old $100's set aside in the destroy box or something like that. It is just really sad to think potentially good old notes get set aside to go with the armored car to be disposed of! Anyways, she showed me three 100 bills and I got this one. The others were green seals I think a 60s era and a 70s era. It's not every day you find a 1966A red seal $100 at the bank! The red is a bit faded or lightly printed and is has a couple rust lines or something. It is still in nice shape and I am glad I saved it from destruction. I guess the 66A is more rare than the 66. Happy day for me!  Mike   |
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
United States Note, very cool indeed. Your story reminds me of the movie "Dead Presidents", inwhere the protagonists conspire to rob an armored truck full of decomissioned notes.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
527 Posts |
Very nice, indeed, but how did the seal turn orange?
Edited by TheDanMan
02/29/2012 10:44 pm
|
|
Valued Member
United States
486 Posts |
Sometimes sun light or certain artificial light will do that.
Bill Collector
|
|
Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
Nice note indeed! I don't know much about these, but I find it interesting that the serial number is A A.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
That's a great find. I really need to get a teller friend.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
114 Posts |
Congrats, great that you got it at face and saved it from being destroyed |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
Quote:
Nice note indeed! I don't know much about these, but I find it interesting that the serial number is A A. They all were. Didn't get very far into the print run. |
|
Valued Member
344 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
Very nice and awesome to have a teller friend!
On the obverse, I think those are rust stains from a paper clip.
|
|
Valued Member
 United States
372 Posts |
Ah! Thats what it is. I never even thought of that.
Mike
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Quote:
Didn't get very far into the print run. Since they were only replacement notes, they couldn't make more than 3,466,810 of them. |
|
New Member
12 Posts |
Quote:
Since they were only replacement notes, they couldn't make more than 3,466,810 of them. Actually, the 1966A is not a designation as a replacement note.... it is a designation as a new series based on a new signature combination, and there were a total of 512,000 printed. There were no star notes printed for series 1966A, but there were 128,000 star notes printed for the 1966 series. The vast majority of the '66 stars and the '66A notes were never released to the public, but rather held at the Treasury until they were destroyed in 1996. While not a particularly rare type, it is scarce, and I think that this note is underrated despite the fact that they seem to hold little premium in this condition..... I have heard tell of a couple of folks ATS that have come across their '66As in the same fashion (at a bank)...... Great find... |
|
Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Quote:
Actually, the 1966A is not a designation as a replacement note.... it is a designation as a new series based on a new signature combination, and there were a total of 512,000 printed. Thanks for the info. I meant that the hundreds were replacing the $1, 2, + 5 USNs, and the number I mentioned would be the statutory limit. |
|
New Member
12 Posts |
Ah yes.... I misunderstood your post (I'm good at that).... Right you are then Fredd.... Right you are.... my bad.  |
| |
Replies: 15 / Views: 2,687 |
|
Posted 02/29/2012 10:20 pm
