OMG - click bait - New US Dollar

So whilst perusing money.cnn.com
at the bottom was some click bait with the title


99.9% of the time I just ignore these, but I was just curious

The article title (once you got there) was "Can you spot the critical difference between these two US Dollar Bills"

it went on to state ...
"This will probably come as a shock to most Americans…
But the U.S. government has now created two types of official U.S. currency."

With this next image


"has now created"
Really?
I know most ppl won't look at the Print year but they make it seem like both are currently being printed and generally available.

the rest of the article was more click bait and trolling BS.

of course it goes on and on without providing information about what they are talking about. You have to go to their advertisers click-bait website for that information.

but their closing statement was
"And you’ll learn the full story on why the government did this… where to find the government’s most valuable currency… and how you could use this knowledge to (legally) make a small fortune over the next few years, no matter what happens in stocks, bonds or the overall economy."

with more clickbait
"The U.S. Gov't has quietly created two very different versions of
our money. If you can spot the difference, and choose the
right one, you could make 300% gains over the next few years…"

Of course 300% of $1 is $3.

wow, it was published on 8/20/2018 so I would expect an influx of postings about this at some point.

I think I'll avoid looking at clickbait .. it's just painful to peruse through.
I thought the Pocket Change ones were bad.

 

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It has to do with CNN. You need NOTHING ELSE to know it's bogus. QED.

 

Eh, I have resigned myself a long time ago we are weird little dudes. Well over 99% of the rest of the country and world care nothing about money more than wanting more to spend more. I have ceased to be amazed by such articles. Truth is, most Americans WOULD be amazed to know the US ever had more than FRNs. I have a coin, (my favorite coin maybe), that once a decade the popular press writes up a major story of a find of one. I like reading these just to read the quotes of how "important" and a "spectacular find" it is.

 

Never click on anything that says "sponsored". Too buggy.

 

If I had $2 for every time someone came to me with “valuable” $2 bills that aren’t, I’d have them all and there wouldn’t be any for anyone else.

 

Just $2 bills? I used to spend half the time at coin shows my club ran explaining generic wheat cents, silver certificates, Reader's Digest fake ancient coins, Ikes, bicentennial quarters, dateless buffalos, and WWII pocket change were not going to allow people to retire early. Worst part, many people get mad, and think you are simply trying to screw them out of valuable coins.

 

Yup. Sad. I DO like the low serial number on the Silver Certificate in the OP's post.

 

I wish i could like this post more than once

 

Yup. If it were on the right network, it would be click-bait for GOLD, not worthless fiat toilet-paper.

 

Oh well, the source was not even CNN but apparently some third party ad, placed by Google or whatever. And yes, those "two types" ... hilarious.

Christian

 

Yup, sure would. Gee, how do they know how to put which ads where? Seems these ad placement fellers know a thing or two this site is hellbent on pretending ain't so. Hmmm?

 

I have a dollar bill missing the corner.

how rare is it? Should I get it certified? How much can I sell it for ?

My cow Betsy chewed off the corner. I'm sure no one else has a cow called Betsy that ate part of their $1 bill, so it must be super rare. I saw a video of cows and fuzzy, furry frogs eating bits of dollar bills and they sold for thousands of dollars !!

 

On CoinTalk, I get ads for an Asian Woman Dating site.

 

Umm, we need to talk. No ads at all for me, just Lost Dutchman.

 

this isn't you ?

 

All I know is for some reason Asian women go gaga when they see a Corgi.

 

And here I thought Lady Gaga "goes Corgi" when she sees Asian women.

 

I thought Fox "news" was satire ? lol

 

They're all satire these days. FOX I hold in exceptionally bold contempt though. They're all pretty far from pertinent actual news though.

 

Yes, this, and when did this become okay with us (assuming it did)? I lived for over 10 years with NO access to cable TV. It just wasn't available where I lived. Neither was satellite, due to monstrous trees. 5 installers tried, all failed. Now 10 months ago I move to a city and here's what cable has become. Why do we accept this garbage? It's ALLLLL garbage. The only reason I have it is the bundle is cheaper than having fast internet alone. Cable TV news is worse than worthless, it's corrosive.