Like-new Confederate cash found in Ala. courthouse

NBC13.com ^ | June 22, 2009 | Associated Press

[Dawebman]

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) - Officials in one Alabama county believe they

[Dawebman]

I SUGGEST WE USE CONFEDERATE MONEY FOR THE BOGUS "REPARATIONS" CONGRESS IS CONSIDERING!

[Mikey_1962]

Ironically Confederate bills now cost about face value, depending on condition and rarity.

[Concho]

I suggest we tell them to whiz off and if they want reparations, then go back on their Omani and Kenyan cousins that sold them in the first place.

[paulycy]

Ironically Confederate bills now cost about face value, depending on condition and rarity.

That's true, but you can photocopy or otherwise reproduce them freely. A distinct advantage, I'd say. :0)

[Longdriver]

that’s a great idea!

[SeeSharp]

Ironically Confederate bills now cost about face value, depending on condition and rarity.

The result of the Confederate government's having had low taxes (zero) and a balanced budget (also zero) all these years.

[reagan_fanatic]

I like it!

[I Hate Obama]

Congress is considering “REPERATIONS”?

[I Hate Obama]

This further illustrates the point that when you have too much of something it is pretty much worthless. (INFLATION) Now that confederate notes are scarce they are almost worth face value.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

It’s deliciously ironic. Federal Reserve Notes are now equal in value to Confederate currency.

[mountainlion]

This article would be great with pictures.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=10583200&nav=0hBEHCyQ

http://www.decaturdaily.com/detail/37455.html

[Oatka]

Ironically Confederate bills now cost about face value, depending on condition and rarity.
That's true, but you can photocopy or otherwise reproduce them freely. A distinct advantage, I'd say. :0)

Something akin to what the Fed is doing today. :-)

[paulycy]

Something akin to what the Fed is doing today. :-)

An excellent point, my FRiend!

[goat granny]

My son recently bought an older home, when he tore out a sofit to do repairs a bag of silver coins landed on his head. Enought money in silver to pay for new windows for the house...

[21twelve]

I had a book on “Treasure Hunting”.

The writer was telling about all the old stories and his hunts to find them - with no success (but good stories anyway!)

He told of one guy that used to accompany him but the guy got tired of the poor results, and started “Treasure Hunting” in old abandoned houses on some acreage on the outskirts of suburbia. The ones too run down and old to live in, but also the ones not quite ready to turn into a subdivision.

One day he showed up at the local coffee shop /gathering place and motioned the writer to come over to his car. He opened up the trunk, and then opened up two old suitcases - full of cash. Then drove off into the sunset never to be seen again.

Obviously not sure if it is true - but a fun story, and very well could be.

By grandfather in-law lived (and died) at that type of place. My wife said they would find cash stashed all over the house when they would visit, clean, etc. When my MIL sold the place she sold it lock-stock-and-barrel to the developer that ran an auction. Heck, just all of the old tools and crap he had in the barn would have been worth a lot. But it was “too much of a bother to go through all that stuff, a lot easier to just sell it all”.

[goat granny]

I have another son that started with a metal detector as a young teen, he now goes treasure hunting at garage sales...finds broken gold chains etc and when he has enough he puts it up on ebay...He once brought a old bracelet for 5 bucks and took it to a jeweler and the stones were diamonds. Not big ones, but the bracelet was worth a few hundred dollars...I have a metal detector but its old and doesn't work as good anymore, but they are fun to use...especially around old deserted farmhouses.

My girlfriend and I were walking a beach in California and there was some guy walking the shore with a metal detector, I stopped and talked with him, so far that day he showed me a gold wedding ring he found....great hobby.

[meyer]

Morgan County archivist John Allison recently discovered $493 in mostly uncirculated Confederate currency in a county vault.

Better hang on to it - it might come in handy soon.

[Mikey_1962]

In 1994 I bought a REAL derelict property for $5,000.

We were tearing out the walls when two packets of $100 bills from back in the 1950’s fell out of the wall.

I went to a coin dealer to see if they had any value above face, and no they didn't.

Your son knows that junk silver (something real) is always worth more than paper.

Article 1 section 2 of the US Constitution: “Congress shall make nothing other than gold and silver legal tender in payment of debt.”

What do we have now? Greenies.

[Mikey_1962]

Sorry I was wrong:

Section 10. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.