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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 7749161, member: 24633"]Here is an interesting, but TRUE!, story for you [USER=114711]@Felicia04[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>The first day that the $2 Bicentennial Notes were to be released, a grandmother in San Francisco went to the FRB and bought two of the notes, both in perfectly crisp, uncirculated condition. She placed them in an envelope to be given to her grandson as part of his inheritance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some 30-35 years had passed before the grandson had received his "inheritance". When he opened the envelope, the notes, still in perfect condition, had the serial numbers <i><b>00000001</b></i> and <i><b>00000002</b></i> from the San Francisco FRB. The grandson decided to put them up for auction, and <i><b>#1</b></i> sold for more than $27K and <i><b>#2</b></i> sold for more than $9K.</p><p><br /></p><p>Granny sure knew what she was doing, didn't she![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 7749161, member: 24633"]Here is an interesting, but TRUE!, story for you [USER=114711]@Felicia04[/USER] ! The first day that the $2 Bicentennial Notes were to be released, a grandmother in San Francisco went to the FRB and bought two of the notes, both in perfectly crisp, uncirculated condition. She placed them in an envelope to be given to her grandson as part of his inheritance. Some 30-35 years had passed before the grandson had received his "inheritance". When he opened the envelope, the notes, still in perfect condition, had the serial numbers [I][B]00000001[/B][/I] and [I][B]00000002[/B][/I] from the San Francisco FRB. The grandson decided to put them up for auction, and [I][B]#1[/B][/I] sold for more than $27K and [I][B]#2[/B][/I] sold for more than $9K. Granny sure knew what she was doing, didn't she![/QUOTE]
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