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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 282353, member: 8247&quot;]So, as always at the bank, I try to make sure everyone knows I&#039;m interesting in collecting the old/odd stuff.&nbsp; So I asked the casual question of one of the tellers &quot;What&#039;s the oldest note you&#039;ve seen here?&quot;.&nbsp; She told me she couldn&#039;t recall, but one of the other tellers overheard the question and said she had seen a 1921 note.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I asked if she bought it.&nbsp; Not only did she not buy it, but she folded it up, stuck it in with a strap of $1&#039;s and sent it back to the Fed in a bundle.&nbsp; I had all I could not to cry at her story.&nbsp; I told her that if the bundle actually made it to the Fed (as opposed to the Cash Handling Service selling it to another bank), that it was basically a death sentence for a piece of American History.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on her description (and given that it was a 1921 date), I&#039;m guessing it was a Large Size Federal Reserve Note.</p><p><br /></p><p>I pleaded with her that if she ever comes across something unusual again, no matter how bad the condition, that I would buy it, without exception (I can always spend it or cash it in for rolls at another bank if I really don&#039;t want it).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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