So I've been getting a lot of 1963-B's lately (Cashier here) -- is this odd?

This will be my first post on this website. I only recently started collecting coins/paper money after inheriting a small jar of Walking Liberty Halves and Morgan/Peace Dollars from a grandparent, so my knowledge on the whole subject is still fairly limited. Be patient with me!

I'm currently a college student and I work as a full-time cashier for a convenience store, so I come into contact with LOADS of cash every day. Although I know that they are not particularly valuable, over the past week I have come across SIX 1963 B "Joseph Barr" dollar bills, all from different customers and at different times. I have so far purchased and saved all of these for my collection.

The vast majority of paper money that I get in my register is from 2006 and beyond with very rarely something from as far back as the 1990's. So when a 1963-B comes through, it sticks out like a sore thumb against all the other crisp bills (with the obvious wear, yellowing, and greener reverse).

So my question is: Are these bills really so common that I am getting them at a rate of almost one per day? Perhaps they have always come in at this rate and before I became interested in collecting currency I just simply never paid any attention to them. OR could this be a case of someone's collection being stolen and dispersed and/or someone coming into hard financial times and spending their collection, thus explaining why so many of them would be in circulation in a given area?

Anyway, thanks for reading through my rambling (I'm a Creative Writing minor, so I'm good at rambling)!

 

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Because Joseph Barr had such a short term in office, many folks hoarded notes with his signature thinking they would be valuable one day. Despite that, a very large number of notes were printed with his signature. As a result, the notes have barely appreciated in value after half a century.

Packs of these "Barr" notes are not uncommon, still in uncirculated, original condition.

I'm confident that someone had several of these packs and spent them in your town. It isn't uncommon to find older notes like these in circulation during recessions, when people have to reach for their mattress cash hoards. So someone who was frustrated with pitiful returns on their investment probably spent these at face value.

 

I was thinking something along those lines. Thanks!