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Pillar of the Community
United States
5850 Posts |
I used to be amazed at stories of people finding major misprints in the wild, wondering how such errors could have escaped notice for so long during circulation. I've come to realize, however, just how little attention I actually pay to the bills I receive in change on a day to day basis. If I make a concerted effort, I'll take the time to see if they have any interesting serial numbers or obvious misprint errors, but most of the time I'm in a rush and just stick them in my wallet. Unless it's something truly obvious, like an old red seal or a silver certificate, I doubt I would even notice anything most of the time.
When I have the chance, I do periodically go through my wallet and check to see if I have anything interesting, but most of the time I barely glance at what I get other than to confirm it's the correct amount of change. And, as a result, I always wonder what I have let slip through my grasp over the years due to my carelessness.
So I'm just wondering what the rest of you are like? Do you always take careful notice of every bill you receive to check for interesting serial numbers and errors? Or do you, like me, often take paper money for granted and just spend what you get without ever checking to see if you have anything special?
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I usually don't spend any time looking at bills because it is rare that I have any. That goes for change, too. Since just about everything on the planet can now be paid for with a Credit Card or a Paypal payment, there is rarely any need to have "real money".
If we go on vacation I'll take some cash just to make sure that I don't find someplace that is back behind the barn that doesn't use CC or PP. I'll have cash at if I'm going to garage sales. I'll have some cash if I go on a trip and might need it for some odd reason.
But I've found, even then, when I put some money in the billfold to make sure I have it if I need it that it is darned rare for me to ever pull out a bill.
I took a few hundred cash with me on our last road trip, and I think I used 1 of the $20 bills I took. The rest are still there.
So no, I doubt I'd ever catch anything good for bills or change simply because I am an unfortunate member of the cashless society.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
I make it a point to use cash when I can. I figure I'm more likely to get something in change that I could sell for profit than have money in the bank and make the same amount of interest. If possible, I only spend bills that I've already had the chance to examine; bills received in change get put away and looked at when I get home.
In fact, I even try to look at bills I get at work (fast food cashier). I have to count the bills anyway, so when I do, I take a quick glance at the Treasurer's signature & the serial number. Long strings of consecutive numbers are really easy to spot quickly. One time I found a $1 with the serial 11000000 this way.
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
I check every thing and I carry currency envelopes, mylar flips and a loupe in my purse.  I hardly ever find anything --and I have never found anything of great value. But I have found some old coins, birthday notes, and star notes....so I keep looking. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
I check everything and from the amount of stuff I find it's pretty obvious the vast majority of everyone else doesn't. I've actually stopped keeping every star note I find because I would be bankrupt. I do still pull them all and use them as "ataboys" for my one cook who collect. While I didn't physically pull this note it was used to purchase a meal at our other restaurant.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36744 Posts |
I check every one I get. Never seem to find anything worth keeping though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
I always give every bill a glance to check for red/blue seals, unfamiliar signatures, stars, and strings of the same number. I honestly would probably miss climbers, radars, birthday bills, mismatched serials, inverted watermarks or treasury seals, and minor printing errors.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Boy, you guys are industrious! But gotta agree with moxking - I have a $10 and four singles that have been in my wallet for, I bet, two months now.
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Valued Member
United States
336 Posts |
Generally the only time I have a decent amount of cash on me is when it is coin show time :D Very rarely do I glance at the notes and I collect currency too
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Valued Member
United States
75 Posts |
Lately I've been on a cash kick. I'm sort of enjoying using cash to make daily purchases. I'm more conscious of what I'm spending (keeps me from making so many small impulse purchases) and I take the time to check out the currency I receive in change.
I guess I just like the tangible element when it comes to making purchases.
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
I used to check them more thoroughly. Too thoroughly really, since there was no need to put the bills in my wallet in serial number order. Never found anything good to be honest. I still check today but not obsessively.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1812 Posts |
I check the serial numbers on every note and match it with the COPE & LEPE notes plate position...
With COPE serial numbers, I've found a few " switched" numbers where a C3 note was printed with a serial number for C1 & vice versa, a error type not possible with LEPE serial number printing.
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Posted 07/07/2015 5:49 pm
