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<p>[QUOTE="ronterry, post: 1227001, member: 28569"]OK now where is that Youtube video showing a couple guys trying to cash in a $10 Gold Cert at a federal reserve bank! They basically got turned away, almost like it wasn't the first time it's been done. </p><p>I tell you what - A fair amount of certs where shredded on those closing days in the late 60's (One Florida Dealer cashed in alone something on the order of 20-40,000 in Silver Certs), for a chance at scoring some Carson City Morgans! It was a gamble, unless you know someone who would let you burn a peep hole in a bag of Morgans and take a look-see.</p><p>While Certs prices increased in those days, many rear Morgans went south a few thousand percent! There was even folks running to the banks, than boarding a plane to try to cash in oversees before the news of hordes of rear Morgans were being handed out at face value reached Europe! Many oversees dealer got burned something wicked during those weeks!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW: I picked up four UNC consecutive 57B for 36 bucks, so they are not to expensive in raw form. They're quite a bit cheaper than the higher denomination silver certs of the same time period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ronterry, post: 1227001, member: 28569"]OK now where is that Youtube video showing a couple guys trying to cash in a $10 Gold Cert at a federal reserve bank! They basically got turned away, almost like it wasn't the first time it's been done. I tell you what - A fair amount of certs where shredded on those closing days in the late 60's (One Florida Dealer cashed in alone something on the order of 20-40,000 in Silver Certs), for a chance at scoring some Carson City Morgans! It was a gamble, unless you know someone who would let you burn a peep hole in a bag of Morgans and take a look-see. While Certs prices increased in those days, many rear Morgans went south a few thousand percent! There was even folks running to the banks, than boarding a plane to try to cash in oversees before the news of hordes of rear Morgans were being handed out at face value reached Europe! Many oversees dealer got burned something wicked during those weeks!!! BTW: I picked up four UNC consecutive 57B for 36 bucks, so they are not to expensive in raw form. They're quite a bit cheaper than the higher denomination silver certs of the same time period.[/QUOTE]
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