Some days, you just get lucky - coin thread!

[nitro2k01]

I've got a $1 silver certificate in my envelope o' old money somewhere. I traded a computer repair customer a $1 bill for it, because they thought it was counterfeit. (It does seem a little bit "off" when you look at it, though.) Here's a picture of it with a $1 federal reserve note for comparison (just the front, the backs are identical):
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Going off the gold standard FTL.

[omgitsthebishop]

Just sold my coin collection the other day for $4,400! Very surprising considering I was told it was only going to be around $500.

[Mario]

Hey, Bic, I googled 1957 dollar (the date on the "fake" one) and it seems a lot of them look like that. Seems they're worth a bit, too, up to $40.

[Metallica Man X]

Thems are monies with intrinsic value..as opposed to the negative value fiat fed note.

They used them back in the day in place of the silver coins. If anyone wanted the silver instead tho, they'd take the silver certificate to the bank, and exchange it for the metal. The paper would then be destroyed since the silver piece it represented was now in circulation.

Gold certificates are the same way..I've got a few of each kinds