April 2nd finds:
2 banks, 2 scores!
I went to 2 banks today and I managed to pick up a few paper notes.
Bank #1: The teller was nice enough to retrieve $350 worth of old journey & birds notes from the safe. I bought them all since I did not know him and he was nice enough to go out of his way for me.
This haul included
1 birds $100, 2 birds $50s (one in terrible shape that will be going back to the bank), five journey $20s, four journey $10s and 2 journey $5s*
Originally, the teller had given me 5 x journey $10s, one without the security strip, prefix FEE. On closer inspection, it turned out to be a counterfeit note! The ink was runny and it had water stains where the ink had come off. This is a note of caution to all bank note hunters to be on the alert for fake notes when you are picking up bank notes...Even the tellers at the bank are fooled!
When I told the teller that the $10 note was fake, he immediately exchanged it for 2 x journey $5s.
Bank #2: This was a BMO...I don't even have an account with them, but I thought I'd go in cold and ask. Well, it paid off this time because the teller gave me one birds $100 and a worn 1954 $20!
While today's finds aren't really special, it just goes to show you that the notes are still out there, if you're willing to look for them.
If you look closely at the birds $100s, does anybody else notice a change in the intensity of the brown ink between the AJ- and BJ- series? The later Birds $100s seem more heavily inked than the earlier ones.
Enjoy!
Dean
