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<p>[QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3575056, member: 78298"]It's possible. It's still legal tender. The bank took it, and if they had to turn it in to get redeemed, or, since it is worth more than face value anyone could have paid $500 for it and taken it. Maybe the teller didn't want to be stuck with it and was able to get someone to take it off their hands so there wouldn't be any hassle or paperwork at the end of the day.</p><p>My credit union doesn't even have half dollars or dollar coins on hand, but they will take them if someone needs to cash them in. A bill like this used to be 550-600</p><p>because of the folds/ ink writing. But these days I bet this is $700- $1000.</p><p>Why would they want to make up this story? There are better stories to make up.</p><p>Maybe it happened. Maybe it didn't. Great dark ink on this bill not faded or circulated very much. Someone probably had it stashed away for 50 years and it just came to light recently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3575056, member: 78298"]It's possible. It's still legal tender. The bank took it, and if they had to turn it in to get redeemed, or, since it is worth more than face value anyone could have paid $500 for it and taken it. Maybe the teller didn't want to be stuck with it and was able to get someone to take it off their hands so there wouldn't be any hassle or paperwork at the end of the day. My credit union doesn't even have half dollars or dollar coins on hand, but they will take them if someone needs to cash them in. A bill like this used to be 550-600 because of the folds/ ink writing. But these days I bet this is $700- $1000. Why would they want to make up this story? There are better stories to make up. Maybe it happened. Maybe it didn't. Great dark ink on this bill not faded or circulated very much. Someone probably had it stashed away for 50 years and it just came to light recently.[/QUOTE]
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