1963-A $1.00 Bill!

Hey it's my oldest circulation find! For bills, that is. I got it near the end of last year from my sister. I traded her a plain one for this and since she couldn't care less about the collectibility of coins /currency everyone wound up happy. Family can be good after all! As you can see, the U.S. Government does not really care how counterfeited their $1.00 bills are. The design, excluding the signatures, has not changed a single bit since this bill was printed back in the day. Then again, people would probably rather counterfeit $100's than $1's but still. It's got some mild folds and some rough corners but other than that everything is A O.K. It's still worth just a dollar, though.

1852 Augusta, Georgia $1.00 Bill!

This bill features... GIRLS LEARNING?!?!?!?! I doubt this note was popular in the time it was issued. After all it wasn't until 1979 that an actual, acknowledged woman was put on a circulating U.S. coin (there were models but they were billed as Liberty, not actual people). Notice in between the two "ONE"s there is a woman (most likely the teacher) and three girls (most likely the students) around an open book and a globe. It's odd that, in a time before women had many of the rights they have today and when women were discouraged from learning and encouraged to stay home and take care of the family, there would be girls in a class learning. Everything else is pretty standard: Eagle, train, blank reverse, hand-signed which symbolize Liberty, hard work, lack of technology, and trustworthiness. Also, as you may have noticed, there are some blue stamps on here. I'm not quite sure what they're for, but my best guess would be they are like chop marks on a bill (see some better examples right here). This bill is worth about $10.00.

RIP(ped) Money

This is the kind of bill everyone hates getting. Why? Simply because of the piece that was ripped off. I got this bill as payment at a neighborhood yard sale about a week ago. The person most likely wanted to pass the note along as fast as possible and figured my house was as good as any other. Not being the type to turn down money and having not noticed the missing piece I accepted the bill. It wasn't until I was counting the money that I noticed this bill and another that I'll be posting soon. I set it aside to take a few quick pictures and then put it back with the rest of my money. Since it has little-no numismatice value I'm just going to try to spend it somewhere. Hopefully it'll make it's way to a Federal Reserve Bank and eventually the BEP to be shredded or burned and replaced with a new note. That sounds kind of harsh especially for a newer note, but this one's time has come and gone. It's time for it to pass into the cash drawer up in the sky.

1973 Canadian $1.00 Bill!

                                              Just as a forewarning I speak Canadian.

This, like the British 2 Shillings I posted aboot yesterday, was a gift. I don't know much aboot Canadians or their country, but they do have beautiful currency. The nice, vibrant colours and the reverse are amazing. At a time American bills were like this with all sorts of fancy designs and the denomination on the bill at least 10 times. Now they have colours, but they could use some design changes. Cheque out down below for the rest of the post.

This is that same reverse just enlarged. It depicts well... this. It immediately reminded me of the 1914 American  $10.00 bill which has what looks to be a horse drawn plow on the left and a factory on the right. Back to this Canadian Bill it is only worth $1.00.

100th Post!

Today marks the day that I post my 100th post (this one, of course). It's been about 2 months since my 6 month anniversary so there's not that much new stuff to report. I did find my first 2012 cent, get a Where's George bill, witness the downfall of the Canadian Cent, and while I just read down my post list I found out that this is my most popular post. I also just found out that I have 5,934 views on all of my posts! Thanks to everyone who has visited, commented, showed this to others, etc.!
 

Where's George?

TRACK ME AT WWW.WHERESGEORGE.COM

This is the first Where's George bill I've found in a while and it is also the first one I've found to be featured on this blog. Notice how dirty and mistreated it is. There is a small tear under the words ONE DOLLAR on the front and back. The corners are folded, rounded, and very dirty as is the rest of the bill. At this point you may be wondering what happened to the serial number. My explanation is: I have blocked out the serial number so that the "game" will not be spoiled for others. If everyone who saw this entered the serial number the game would be ruined for this bill.

Now for some info on the bill's tracking history. The bill was first entered at Rochester, NY where it travelled 719 miles to where I live in 71 days, 15 hours, and 18 minutes. I was also the first person to report the bill.

What Happened to the Blue Seal?

Back in the 1870's, the years that Morgan Dollars were first introduced and struck, silver certificates were also introduced and printed. They had a blue seal to show that they were silver certificates rather than gold certificates or United States notes. They basically said that for every printed silver dollar, there was a physical silver dollar in the treasury. Of course, when silver coinage was mostly discontinued in 1964 these were not accepted as much and eventually in 1967 you could not use them in exchange for silver. This is one I bought recently and had framed. It is worth about $4.00.

(NOTE: The picture quality makes the bill look worse than it actually is.)

Merry Christmas!

It's not really Christmas, of course, but that dollar seems to bring a little Christmas spirit with it whatever the season. I got it at my local Publix a few years ago for $2.00. I'm not sure why but now they go for $2.50. Probably not enough profits for either the supplying company or Publix. Notice I said supplying company. What I mean by that is that there is a company that there is a company that produces stickers to put on the bills. The bills can be obtained from just about anywhere, but crisp bills from the bank are best. The Uncle Sam's 3 Coin Register Bank is one of my other collectables. I got it at an antique shop on Martha's Vineyard for around $12.00. From what I have seen on eBay I am missing the little rubber or plastic tip on the handle. The only other damage is the paint peeling off where the coins are deposited. I can also say I got it for a steal compared to what this person was selling it for.