Unreal Change!

I got a silver cert in my change at the barber shop once. I almost didn't notice it, and almost gave it back to him as a tip. Needless to say he didn't get a tip that day.

It's working but isn't that how a good business should work?

I am not lying! Give me a few hours to take them down to the coin shop in town to have the guys look at them. I will let you know what they find and then scan them onto a separate post so you can see them.




It is probably true that I should stick to my calling, as my name suggests.

Ok the determination at the shop was that three of the four are counterfeit. But the fourth they said was not. Here is a picture of it. Sorry for the horrifying quality of the photos...





At least one was real, a nice addition to the collection. The three that were fake I already got rid of.

Many dealers buy large lots of coins to get at the valuable pieces they can either wholesale or retail quickly at a profit...usually gold and silver. When the 'junk' is separated they often give it out as change because it has already been costed out of the purchase, and giving out old coins as change chances placing them back in circulation where other people can get them and perhaps take an interest in collecting. It's actually a very smart move.

When they told me they were fake I said I did not want them. They said if I wanted to let them take them they would put them in a bin they have of other fake U.S. bills. I said ok and let them have them. No value or collectability to me if they are not real.

I imagine they routinley turn over the fakes to the authorities.

Suggest you go back and get your three other notes. There's no way three notes in consecutive order from this one are fake. I also can't believe a dealer with a "bin" of fake currency.