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<p>[QUOTE="Tamaracian, post: 8095727, member: 23122"]In 1972, one day when I was at my local bank (Marine Midland Bank), a man in front of me had just handed the Teller some bills for deposit and I spotted a $20 with a Gold Seal that she had just counted. After the man had finished and departed the window I stepped up and asked the Teller if I could get <i>that</i> Bill in exchange for another $20 and she said that the Bank is supposed to put those types of Notes aside for return to the Federal Reserve for destruction! Well, I managed to sweet-talk her, saying that I was a Coin Collector and that some Notes had different color seals and that I had some of them but not the Gold Seal, and I would really appreciate it if she could let me have that Note in exchange for a regular $20. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had that Note for several years, along with various other notes (with other than Green Seals), and my coins; several years later I got married and needing cash to buy my first home I brought everything to a dealer and got almost $1K--which helped a lot in that economy--but when I reminisce about what I had (ex: a proof 1913 Lincoln, with a minor scratch) I really wish I had those same coins today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tamaracian, post: 8095727, member: 23122"]In 1972, one day when I was at my local bank (Marine Midland Bank), a man in front of me had just handed the Teller some bills for deposit and I spotted a $20 with a Gold Seal that she had just counted. After the man had finished and departed the window I stepped up and asked the Teller if I could get [I]that[/I] Bill in exchange for another $20 and she said that the Bank is supposed to put those types of Notes aside for return to the Federal Reserve for destruction! Well, I managed to sweet-talk her, saying that I was a Coin Collector and that some Notes had different color seals and that I had some of them but not the Gold Seal, and I would really appreciate it if she could let me have that Note in exchange for a regular $20. I had that Note for several years, along with various other notes (with other than Green Seals), and my coins; several years later I got married and needing cash to buy my first home I brought everything to a dealer and got almost $1K--which helped a lot in that economy--but when I reminisce about what I had (ex: a proof 1913 Lincoln, with a minor scratch) I really wish I had those same coins today.[/QUOTE]
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