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<p>[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3006423, member: 2098"]I think the stamp and year helps to give the note some good context, especially if it refers to an air base in Greenland. Speaking of old $5 notes and silver certificates, check out what I found at a bank yesterday:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/28461443_789724984557640_1079568579_o.jpg?oh=47c35adc3bf6f01f0a82b370a8299b7d&oe=5A9522EE" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I saw it in the teller's drawer just as I was about to leave. I swiftly offered to buy it; the teller kindly obliged. She said she had just been holding onto it because no one (customers) would take it. Not only is it the oldest $5 note I've found in circulation it is the first silver certificate I've found as well. It's been folded a few times in its day but for a bank find in 2018 I can't complain and I am more than happy with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3006423, member: 2098"]I think the stamp and year helps to give the note some good context, especially if it refers to an air base in Greenland. Speaking of old $5 notes and silver certificates, check out what I found at a bank yesterday: [IMG]https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/28461443_789724984557640_1079568579_o.jpg?oh=47c35adc3bf6f01f0a82b370a8299b7d&oe=5A9522EE[/IMG] I saw it in the teller's drawer just as I was about to leave. I swiftly offered to buy it; the teller kindly obliged. She said she had just been holding onto it because no one (customers) would take it. Not only is it the oldest $5 note I've found in circulation it is the first silver certificate I've found as well. It's been folded a few times in its day but for a bank find in 2018 I can't complain and I am more than happy with it.[/QUOTE]
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