old money looks so fake to me

[yne721 10+ year member]

i got this five dollar bill today, and did a double take. Looked at the year, it's from 1953

it's the bottom one obviously

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[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

Its amazing how far they've come...

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

Lol Ive done the same thing..I looked at it after the cashier gave it to me and was like "wtf is this shit ho?"

 

[w00tah 10+ year member]

If that bottom pic is the one you have, it's because it's a silver certificate. You can trade that at a bank for 5 dollars worth of silver. Or at least that's how it's supposed to work, lol.

Kef

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

The blue seal ones are supposedly special //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif some blue seal 2 dollar bills sell for like 10 bucks

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

If that bottom pic is the one you have, it's because it's a silver certificate. You can trade that at a bank for 5 dollars worth of silver. Or at least that's how it's supposed to work, lol.



Kef

i think it's worth more but i may be wrong

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

$5 in silver aint that much

 

[w00tah 10+ year member]

$5 in silver aint that much

When that bill was printed, 5 dollars in silver was quite a bit.

Kef

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

If that bottom pic is the one you have, it's because it's a silver certificate. You can trade that at a bank for 5 dollars worth of silver. Or at least that's how it's supposed to work, lol.



Kef

yeah that's the one i got today..

i put all three on my scanner just so people could compare.

after i scanned it adobe told me i couldn't print it lol

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

yeah that's the one i got today..
i put all three on my scanner just so people could compare.

after i scanned it adobe told me i couldn't print it lol

Built in anti-piracy feature.

 

[w00tah 10+ year member]

Yeah man, a collector might pay you pretty well for that, they are very uncommon these days.

Kef

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

after looking on wikipedia, i looked in the "large denomination" link, and i want a $100,000 bill...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_denominations_of_United_States_currency

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

It's funny how the old money was based on the Gold Standard, it isn't anymore, it is actually based on an arbitrary standard.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

Yeah man, a collector might pay you pretty well for that, they are very uncommon these days.



Kef

it's crazy to think that it stayed in circulation this long.

when i find coins pre-1980 they look like shit, all nasty and worn out. it's crazy to think that paper lasted this long without getting all torn up or wet or who knows what

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

$5 in silver aint that much

5 dollars in silver is worth more than the value of a 5 dollar bill......