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This afternoon I bought a turkey sandwich from Salumeria in Reading Terminal. House sauce, with everything. It was great.

I handed over a $20 and got about $30-70 change. I didn’t notice until I went to buy a crab cake for dinner and saw that the $10 they gave me was a 1950A, $10 bill in absolutely great condition. While it would be smart to keep it for a few years, I may just head down to the coinshop at 18th and Chestnut and see what they want to give me for it. A few minutes of internet research says it’s in the $25-$65 range, depending on condition. It looks good to me, but I have no idea if it makes the CU cut.

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7 Comments

1. albert replies at 2nd October 2007, 9:01 pm :

what makes this sucker valuable/different?
2. steve weinik replies at 2nd October 2007, 10:01 pm :

oops, should have specified: It was printed in 1950.
3. Phillybits replies at 3rd October 2007, 9:27 am :

I have a number of perfectly crisp, 1935 series silver certificates. You know…the ones where the black ink is really, really black and the green ink is really, really green.

Back when money actually was worth our gold and silver reserves.

I wouldn’t even scan it it’s in such perfect condition due to the risk of the light damaging the ink. Then again, it sits in it’s little plastic container and when I’m feeling nostalgic, I take it out, handling it only by the edges as if I were a heart surgeon manipulating a heart that I was about to put into someone’s chest.
4. Phillybits replies at 3rd October 2007, 9:37 am :

Albert, primarily from my understanding, at least with regards to coins (my mainstay), is the location of mintage as well as the number minted.

Even separated by only two years, the same coin, same quality, same metal content can see vast differences in collectible price when minted in much lower numbers and coming from a specific mint location.
5. Phillybits replies at 3rd October 2007, 9:55 am :

I couldn’t resist…

http://phillybits.blogspot.com/2007/10/1935-silver-certificate.html
6. Eric replies at 3rd October 2007, 9:57 am :

Ahhh, so lucky. And I get food there all the friggin’ time! *shakes a jealous fist*

I have a cool $1 bill from the 30s, silver certificate, but it’s folder up and wrinkled to all hell. Still cool though. :)
7. Phillybits replies at 3rd October 2007, 10:18 am :

Hang onto it, Eric. It’s a piece of history. I have many wrinkled, crinkled, and otherwise trashy silver certificates that I still hold onto.