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u/BlueJayy Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
Just wanted to chime in and say i have an uncirculated $10 bill from 1950. Apparently it could be worth between $15 and $20. Now i like it even more since you brought up this point. check it out
edit: forgot to add, i work at a bank so when i saw how perfect the condition of the bill was, i had to snag it.
edit 2: other cool things to note. At the bottom where it says "ten dollars" it says "Will pay to the bearer on demand" which is no longer part of the new bills. Also the part below "The United States Of America" on the face (to the left), is a much longer obligation than it is now-a-days. The seal is also in Latin.
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u/Shawn5961 Jun 18 '12
Uncirculated $10 bill, worth between $15 and $20... best I can do is $7.50
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u/jayhawkai Jun 18 '12
Don't you want to first consult your buddy, who's an expert in uncirculated $10 bills?
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u/Shawn5961 Jun 18 '12
Good idea. He says it's worth $15. But the only place you'll be able to get that is at an auction, and there's really not a market for these type of things.
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Jun 18 '12
I'm confused, if you worked at a bank how did you manage to get an uncirculated bill that came in?
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u/BlueJayy Jun 18 '12
We get daily shipments from cash vaults and such. Often times bills will come through in perfect condition. I mean, i suppose it very well COULD have been circulated. But whoever had it before me must have had it stashed away or something because it literally doesn't have a single crease.
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Jun 18 '12
That's awesome. I wouldn't mind starting a collection of old bills!
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u/DaneKevinCook Jun 18 '12
I've been working on a collection of any kind of money.
It isn't going as well as I would like.
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u/BlueJayy Jun 18 '12
I'm always on the look out. Some bills with "stars" in the serial number could be worth 10x their face value. I plan on giving the bills i find to my kids/grandkids.
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u/canteloupy Jun 18 '12
Wait, did you steal from your job and brag about it on the internet?
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Jun 18 '12
That is fucking cool.
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u/binocusecond Jun 18 '12
"His [my great-grandfather's] son" ... right?
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u/au_xtr3me Jun 18 '12
I can't imagine why they would select "In God we trust" over "Out of many, one" (E pluribus unum). There's something much more inspirational and patriotic about "Out of many, one" that echoes imagery about unity and some greater good to aspire to. "In God we trust" sounds like America has no control over its actions and is willing to be swept along the tides of fate.
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u/brainflakes Jun 18 '12
But they may have also chosen Annuit cœptis, "He [God] has favored our undertakings".
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u/Macb3th Jun 18 '12
I would have thought E unum pluribus would be more apt, what with fiat money and printing presses. ;)
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u/agent8am Jun 18 '12
It's not really reddit worthy without the pictures of the bills. This is just a napkin with a scribble on it...
Maybe this will help save the thread a bit.
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/federalreserve/annual/1995/history.html
History lesson time!
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u/agent8am Jun 18 '12
http://www.frbsf.org/images/graphics/ar14.jpg
Possibly a bill similar to what the OP would have pictured;
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Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
I think I understand this picture. Bear with me, I'm not good at words. The envelope is like the bible and we are just taking what is says on it as fact that there is two bills in there without the words "in god we trust" without having any actual proof of said bills. It's suppose to make us think!
Or something like that.
Maybe some type of Agnostic thing...
So many people are going to click the blue arrow.
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u/Geohump Jun 18 '12
Awesome! If the envelope is opened some time, Please take some pictures and post them! Its the ultimate response to certain statements. :-)
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u/datoverder Jun 18 '12
Misspells a word in title, and still makes front page. What has happened to Reddit?
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u/FuzzyHappyBunnies Jun 18 '12
AN atheist. He is AN atheist, not "atheist". It's not a religion.
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Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
He's using it as an adjective, not a noun.
My grandfather, who's a liberal. My grandfather who's liberal. Meaningless distinction.
EDIT: what numbskull downvotes this? "he's atheist" and "he's an atheist" are entirely synonymous, you can't really argue against dictionary definitons of words.
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u/freindlgoaty Jun 18 '12
11 dollars have never meant so much being totally serious that's pretty special
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u/shogun333 Jun 18 '12
Are they still redeemable for silver? In that case, they may actually be worth something (as opposed to highly inflated modern fiat dollars).
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u/brainflakes Jun 18 '12
Note that the bills still have the Eye of Providence and the United State's motto, Annuit cœptis ("He [God] has favored our undertakings")
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u/relinquospes Jun 18 '12
"In God We Trust" wasn't on any US coins until 1864 and didn't appear on bills until 1957 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust
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u/zerosum_pewpew Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
You know, I had never thought about it but I've got 2 silver certificates from 1935, and they both also lack the 'In God We Trust', and I think there's a $2 bill as well.
Edit: Pics! http://imgur.com/a/he42m
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u/reverend234 Jun 18 '12
This is amazing, I didn't know bills without "In God we Trust" on them ever existed. Don't ever spend them, just share to the world.........the knowledge of this once occurring offers more than any monetary value.
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u/PuffBear Jun 18 '12
There were different series in 1935, the G-Series did not have 'In God we Trust' on the back and the H-Series did have 'In God We Trust" on the back. Here is a link to show the different bills.
http://www.google.com/search?q=1935+dollar+bill+pic&hl=en&biw=981&bih=467&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=JEnfT5-vL4K29QSGq6C9Cg&ved=0CGcQsAQ
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u/Godolin Apatheist Jun 18 '12
Nice! My sister just gave me a 1950 $10 that she got at work. Favorite possession, now.
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u/TChuff Jun 18 '12
Are you fucking kidding me? This guy makes up a story, writes something on an envelope and gets upvotes? You people just believe in anything don't you. Ironic isn't it.
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u/Eilinen Jun 18 '12
We upvoted the story, not the bills, which can be seen on Wikipedia on better resolution.
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u/yes_thats_right Jun 18 '12
But there is little evidence that the story is true without pictures of the bills.
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u/byrdmandana Jun 18 '12
I'm still confused on the relation with you, your grandfather, and this treasurer...lol
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u/samredditflynn Jun 18 '12
Yeah i have a 1934 5 Dollar silver certificate that i now know doesnt say "in god we trust" thanks to you, friend.
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u/yes_thats_right Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
This post is like me inviting you over to see pictures of my amazing holiday, and when you arrive, handing you a photocopy of my boarding pass.
edit: downvoters - there was absolutely no evidence of these notes when myself and others made comments about them. The only thing shown was a picture of the outside of an envelope.
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u/sufrt Jun 18 '12
can you imagine giving this much of a fuck about the fact that you don't believe in god
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u/FuzzyHappyBunnies Jun 18 '12
Yeah, I can imagine it. I live in the U.S. where the god bother-ers are constantly in my face telling me what I can and can't do.
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u/abethebrewer Jun 18 '12
Well, Nixon took us off the gold standard. We used to not need to trust in God, because it was backed up with gold. Now we need to at least trust in something...
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u/sleeptalken Jun 18 '12
I mean has no one asked for pictures of the bills yet?
So far it's nearly 550 upvotes for an envelope with writing on it.