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<p>[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3165221, member: 2098"]With no apparent description or idea of ~who~ the suspect(s) may be, it seems like everyone is going under the assumption that the rarity or value of the notes is realized and that the notes will be pawned off, try to be sold at coin shops, coin shows or offered on eBay, etc. The truth of the matter is if the thief or thieves are your typical junky addict(s) or even your typical numismatically ignorant common folk in society, the notes may well just be spent at liquor stores, exchanged at banks or casinos, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bank tellers, who are often as ignorant about older currency like your random neighbor up the street, may think nothing of exchanging these notes and sending them off with their next shipment of mutilated currency. While this greatly increases the scope of where to look for your notes, you may wish to expand the areas where these notes could turn up.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is obviously no easy feat. Let's assume the notes are being held by someone who lives in one of the states close to the interstate from where the notes were taken. Well, that's six states there alone. So, I'd say it's one of those situations where one can hope for the best (for example that the notes turn up and are noticed by a vigilant dealer or collector) but need to be prepared for the worst (as in the notes are not heard from again).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3165221, member: 2098"]With no apparent description or idea of ~who~ the suspect(s) may be, it seems like everyone is going under the assumption that the rarity or value of the notes is realized and that the notes will be pawned off, try to be sold at coin shops, coin shows or offered on eBay, etc. The truth of the matter is if the thief or thieves are your typical junky addict(s) or even your typical numismatically ignorant common folk in society, the notes may well just be spent at liquor stores, exchanged at banks or casinos, etc. Bank tellers, who are often as ignorant about older currency like your random neighbor up the street, may think nothing of exchanging these notes and sending them off with their next shipment of mutilated currency. While this greatly increases the scope of where to look for your notes, you may wish to expand the areas where these notes could turn up. This is obviously no easy feat. Let's assume the notes are being held by someone who lives in one of the states close to the interstate from where the notes were taken. Well, that's six states there alone. So, I'd say it's one of those situations where one can hope for the best (for example that the notes turn up and are noticed by a vigilant dealer or collector) but need to be prepared for the worst (as in the notes are not heard from again).[/QUOTE]
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