Lookie what I found at work - United Bimmer Community

**doughboyea** · 03-29-2006, 10:17 PM

OK, well, here's your chance to see how much of a dork I can be...

Since I'm a cashier at my job, the wierd things I find (aside from the stupid shit people do) are currency. I've collected some of the rarer coins and bills.

Seen below are the coins and a $1 bill. The quarters are made of silver for the most part (not sure about the 60's). The Mercury dimes are silver as well. The nickles weren't made of nickle in the yearly to mid 40's as WWII needed the metal for amumition. So they have a 'P' to distinguish them from other nickle made nickles. The pennies... aside from being real copper, are from the early teens, twenties, and thirties. I used to have a few steel pennies, can't find them though.

Next come the odd bills. Like on the picture above, the first bill is a $1 Silver Certificate. Kinda odd, I think it's like you can actually trade this in for $1 worth of silver. Not sure though. The $20 bill is mint... I thought that's kinda rare for a 50 year old bill. The $100 bill, well, it's from the depression... and to still be around after 70+years...

Ok, so I reveiled my dorky side. We've found some buffalo nickles too, just, I wasn't the one to find them. I guess this is what a cashier does when they are REALLY bored at work.

Comments, Suggestions, Putdowns?

Dough

**BMWLotAttendant** · 03-29-2006, 10:25 PM

Wow!

This reminded me that my great-grandpa who is still alive, has a collection like that. But books, of each year and place they were made.

And...just fyi...the "P" means that it came from the Philadelphia Mint.

I like it. Is this your hobby or do you do this just for fun?

And, if you were to sell this....how much would you want?

craig · 03-29-2006, 10:31 PM

that 1916 one is worth 3K alone.(searched it up on ebay, i have one just like it)

**doughboyea** · 03-29-2006, 10:32 PM

Well, in all honesty, aside from the quarters and the dimes... the rest of the coins only have a face value. The bills... well the silver certificates are maybe 3X their face value.. and the $20 and $100, i'm not sure. I have no idea. So to answer the question, it really wouldn't be worth anything to anyone. All are in circulated condition

. I would love to collect US currency bills. I find them facinating... especially the "educational" series from the late 19th century. Those are just beautiful. But, alas, I cannot afford such things.

Dough

**doughboyea** · 03-29-2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by craig

that 1916 one is worth 3K alone.(searched it up on ebay, i have one just like it)

?????? What the...? Please elaborate.

craig · 03-29-2006, 10:35 PM

its worth 3K. what els can i say? lol. but the one i have is too beaten up and not worth crap.

**komodo** · 03-29-2006, 10:36 PM

Whoa, I have a jar of old pennies from my grand parents, I should dig them out and see what they're worth....

witeshark · 03-29-2006, 10:36 PM

Dude! That is such a worthwhile thing! You'll never regret it!

**doughboyea** · 03-29-2006, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by craig

its worth 3K. what els can i say? lol. but the one i have is too beaten up and not worth crap.

$3,000 you mean? My friend, I think that's for one that's in MINT condition, never used. I think each dime is worth ~$2 to $10, depeding on condtion and what not.

Dough

**RealBmw 02** · 03-29-2006, 10:39 PM

you my friend must have one boring job

**BMWLotAttendant** · 03-29-2006, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by doughboyea

$3,000 you mean? My friend, I think that's for one that's in MINT condition, never used. I think each dime is worth ~$2 to $10, depeding on condtion and what not.

Dough

Yes, I think that would be realistically speaking.

I used to work at a movie theatre, and recieved $2 bills. I started collecting them...and I have several. They're pretty cool.

**doughboyea** · 03-29-2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWLotAttendant

Yes, I think that would be realistically speaking.

I used to work at a movie theatre, and recieved $2 bills. I started collecting them...and I have several. They're pretty cool.

I love the backing on those... The signing of the declaration of independence I believe. Yea, they are cool and easily in mint condition as people always do save them.

BTW, education series bills look like this....

Dough

**Cellardoor** · 03-30-2006, 08:58 AM

wow that educational series looks nuts i really like it. and dough i feel ya man, im also a cashier at a supermarket and it really does get super boring! thats a good idea tho i should start to keep a closer eye on teh money that comes through

.

-Hutch-

**doughboyea** · 03-30-2006, 11:25 AM

Yea, there are several Educational Bill designs... that's just the $5 one. there's also one with an native American on it and serval others. They are all highly decorative works of art, imho. I've seen them on Ebay for ~$600+. In other decades, aside from issuing silver certificates, the Treasury also dished out GOLD Certificates. Those bad boys are highly rare as they are obviously different than regualar bills, however, if you ever find one, take it's face value and multiply it by 50 (at least). In case your that lucky, here's what one looks like that is the most slimilar to contemporary bills:

If you find this SAVE IT. It's worth $2500. They also came in $100,000 denominations (you'll never find those, ever.)

And just to make this one of the longest posts.....
the new $10, $20 and $50 notes are reverting back to the decorative era. Aside from having more security built into thier printings, they are also more attractive.

I just wish that instead of sticking a building on the back that they could stick a historical moment in US history, like the $2 note displays.

Just my opinions.

Dough

witeshark · 03-30-2006, 11:48 AM

This is so great! I had no idea there were so many forms of cash

Thanks Dough! I might have never known!