I know that gold certificates are really rare, and hard to come across, but, it's not unheard of for people to deposit them in a bank. I recall that someone (either on this forum or on another) found a $10 gold cert. in circulation. Although this is a "once in a blue moon" ocurrence, and I personally haven't found one, I was curious whether any of you fellow paper money collectors have obtained one.
I personally haven't found one, but my dad works at a grocery store and all the tellers bring him the interesting stuff that comes through their tills. One of them happened to be a $20 gold cert. This was probably 15-20 years ago.
I found a $10 gold cert in 1998, when I was a cashier. I got bored without any customers and started marking all the bills with the counterfeit detector pen. One was marked fake, I looked and it was a beat up 1920s note. Switched it for a $10 of mine and sold it for $50 at the coinstore downtown.
I've never been lucky enough to find a gold certificate in circulation. However, a few years, I received a well-circulated gold clause FRN in change with the numerical seal.
Anything obvious would be placed out of a someones collection Or if they were hard up just buy something with it, however I havent been that lucky...LOL
I believe they are automatically withdrawn by banks if found, just like any denominations larger than a $500 bill.
Not in circulation but you never know, someday I might get lucky...…….maybe....probably not with my luck.
Not in circulation but a family friend found a $100 gold certificate in her late husband’s desk drawer in an envelope. Together we got it graded and sold it. She was absolutely thrilled because when she found it she had no ide what it was or that it had any significant value.
Heck, the oldest I’ve ever found myself was a 1985 $1.... I had a friend sell me a 1969C $10 that he got in circulation for $15 once
In 1969 I was making a deposit with my paper route money and the cashier who knew I was a collector showed me a $100 gold certificate that her father gave.
What's the story with Gold Clause FRN's ? Haven't done much work on them. Why issued....difference vs. GC's ?
No gold certificates yet. The oldest I've found in circulation were maybe three 1963 $1 FRNs - one being a star note. Not counting coin shops that I've had make change with worn red-seals and silver certificates, of course. I happened to overhear a cashier a few weeks ago remarking "why is this one blue, and it says 1957..." I gave a brief explanation of silver certificates, how you used to be able to exchange them, but now it's just a dollar. Then asked if she planned to keep it - otherwise I'd buy it from her for a couple of bucks. She excitedly decided to keep it. Another collector is made!
Took my weekly paper route deposit to the bank when I was 12 (1969). The teller showed me a $100 that was deposited earlier that week. In rough shape, but still yet....
