Bump until my Double Eagle... 
hits the market!
Posted on 10/28/2013 7:11:23 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Edited on 10/28/2013 7:44:07 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ROYERSFORD, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia man has perhaps the most valuable ten-spot you'll ever see.
Thirty-nine-year-old Billy Baeder, of Royersford, owns a 1933 $10 silver certificate that an auctioneer says is worth at least a half-million dollars.
The bill bears an unusual inscription, "Payable in silver coin to bearer on demand," and has the serial number "A00000001A." It is perhaps the most valuable bill printed since 1929, when bills were shrunk to their current size.
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Back in the Good Ol' Days. Not like today, when the economy really sucks.
I had a one dollar silver certificate which I gave to my Granddaughter.
Just a curiosity really. It may not even be worth a dollar as I think they are no longer legal tender.
wow
If the Government hasn’t figured out a way to get the best part of this money don’t worry: They will.
It’s still legal tender, so far the United States has NEVER declared any currency canceled. (I don’t doubt Obama will change that!)
However, it is no longer redeemable for a genuine silver dollar. You can still get a base metal “silver” dollar for it.
That is good news as the fact that it can still be spent should make it worth a little more as a collectible too.
There were so many of them made that I doubt they will ever be worth much tho. I can remember when there would be just as many silver certificates circulating as federal reserve notes.
Collectors pay a few bucks for them.
Sell it dude, before the guvmint will simply not honor it.
Bump until my Double Eagle... hits the market!
When I was a baby in 1947 my Uncle gave me a mint Morgan silver dollar. I gave it to my Grandson a few years ago.
I think they have increased to around $10, maybe a little more but there were a huge number of Morgan silver dollars made so I doubt they will ever get really valuable.
Do you remember United States Notes? Red treasury seal and serial number, issued by the US government, not the private Federal Reserve.
Yes, I do remember United States notes.
Golly, you must be OOOOOLD, mister!
(I do too)
a Hershey bar for a nickel,
A NICKEL !
Those $20 Confederate Bender coins are pretty rare. I saw one on eBay and the bid was up to $20.85.
What’s really remarkable about rare items with high value is that besides being a store of value, they are easy to conceal. These items may actually be the best way to circumvent capital controls. I would imagine that drug dealers like this stuff.
So if you want to get something of high value out of the US, baseball cards, rare paper currency and rare postage stamps seem to be a lot less conspicuous than gold eagles. Just make sure that someone else is carrying the certificates.
No. 001 Silver Cert.
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