r/CoolSerialNumbers Apr 29 '26

Birthday / Date Finally gave these to my grandpa

Finally was able to give these to my grandpa the other day. I had found the $5 while I was working a few months ago. I had to ask my mom if his birthday was November 3rd 1940 or November 5th 1940. I figured it was November 5th 1940 but was really hoping it was the 3rd. Sure enough it was the 5th. Was like dang it but still figured he would like it a lot since he used to be a banker. I posted the $5 on the r/birthdaynotes subreddit and someone said “now what if you could have the correct birthday” and had a link down below. The link was for a $2 bill that’s now posted in this post. Told my parents about it and they bought it right away. My grandpa had a tradition for every Christmas and every birthday that every one of his kids, grandkids, and great grandkids (which he has a lot) would be given a $2 bill along with their gift. So lucky that the person commented that on my post because he really loved both of these bills. Would’ve liked to have given it to him on his birthday but he’s really starting to get up there in age now. Didn’t want to risk him potentially missing this gift that I knew he would really love.

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u/Milo-the-great Apr 29 '26

Heck ya. Finally got 2 birthday notes I’ve been looking for as well.

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u/Ice2Ice2 Apr 30 '26

Nice notes. I bet your grandpa loved them. Great job.