“My opinion is that they were to stupid to deserve them...”
Yes - perhaps it wouldn’t have done them any good anyway. Not me though! Like the bumper sticker says, something like “Please God, send us another Oil Boom, and I promise I won’t piss it away this time!”
I’ve personally found 1 1901 $20. I have a friend that bagged 16 $20’s and a $10 on a grading site. Another guy I know got a spectacular key date $10 worth $30,000-$35,000 a few years back.
I found mine with the ole “Mark I Eyeball”, that irked my detecting buddies to no end...
They’re still out there! They usually end up being where you find them ;-)