[nopardons]

You're all wrong. These are used ( touched and worn ) bills and coins. They are NOT rare and certainly not "MINT". Ergo, they aren't worth very much to collectors.

And jdm, your figure of the worth if this currency, is off by a value to ten. This money is worth face value,or or a couple of cents over that; at most.

[wagglebee]

The silver in the quarters is worth more than 25 cents.

[TexasTransplant]

20 to 30 years ago we used to run across Silver Certificates, Silver Coins and and other currency that was dated in the 1920's to the 1950's. Doesn't happen anymore. That makes it rare to me, I will pay face value on anything you have from 1920 to 1950 plus shipping & handling (please advise)

TT

[jdm]

"And jdm, your figure of the worth if this currency, is off by a value to ten. This money is worth face value,or or a couple of cents over that; at most."

How can you make that assumption, when we're not even sure what sort of bills she found, i.e., $20, $50, $100 notes, etc.?

It was wrong of me to make the assumption that her find is worth $20 to $30K but equally wrong is to assume her findings are worth face value (or pennies more) when we're talking about currency from the 20s, 30s, etc.

I agree most collectors go for the "uncirculated" high-quality bills, but that doesn't mean these bills are in terrible, ripped up shape, worth only pennies more than face value.

[19th LA Inf]

These are used ( touched and worn ) bills and coins

According to Friday's Wall Street Journal, U.S. silver coins are worth 5.138x face value (worn or not); my wife has a bag of 'em hidden in the closet that she bought for about 3x face value. But it does gripe me that, at least in Texas, one has to pay sales tax to buy them.