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<p>[QUOTE="Harry Brown, post: 2905686, member: 87828"]I found this digging in a pile of odds and ends in a drawer. I bought it close to the date of the bill, around 1985. Interesting, as it's a star note, and from the tenure of James Baker as Sec of the Treasury.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, as you may have guessed, it's a paperweight about 7 3/4" x 3 1/8" and 1: thick. The marks on the reverse near the $1 corners are 4 small feet that raise it off the surface. So it is "slabbed", but not graded...[ATTACH=full]700899[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]700900[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Were these actual bills, or are they reproductions? I assume those would be illegal under present law. At any rate, the slab only would contain 2 bills, at most, unless they did some slitting of the bill, which would be difficult, I'd think. So, it's back on my desk, but not in the collection.... sadly...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Harry Brown, post: 2905686, member: 87828"]I found this digging in a pile of odds and ends in a drawer. I bought it close to the date of the bill, around 1985. Interesting, as it's a star note, and from the tenure of James Baker as Sec of the Treasury. Unfortunately, as you may have guessed, it's a paperweight about 7 3/4" x 3 1/8" and 1: thick. The marks on the reverse near the $1 corners are 4 small feet that raise it off the surface. So it is "slabbed", but not graded...[ATTACH=full]700899[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]700900[/ATTACH] Were these actual bills, or are they reproductions? I assume those would be illegal under present law. At any rate, the slab only would contain 2 bills, at most, unless they did some slitting of the bill, which would be difficult, I'd think. So, it's back on my desk, but not in the collection.... sadly...[/QUOTE]
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