I like to find bikes at the dump - but...
07-26-22, 08:18 PM
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I did not think to take a picture of the serial number side but I did look at that side. My daughter has already looked the serial number up and, I believe, the bill was produced in1988, The $1000 bill is the real deal. Funny thing is, I saw the box of books and passed on looking. No biggie because seeing how excited my daughter was/is makes my loss worth it to me. Dump day tomorrow - yeha!
07-26-22, 08:30 PM
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Um, it's dated 1988, right below Her Majesty's picture.
07-26-22, 09:46 PM
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My youngest daughter and I go to the dump, to scavenge, a couple of times a week. Needless to say, I look for old road bikes (there was a youth's Glider road bike there today, a Fuji mountain bike and a Raleigh mountain bike, none of which were of interest to me. I have found lots of vintage bikes at the dump, over the years including this old Legnano that came to me from the dump just a couple of weeks ago...
But today, no bikes were there that interested me (fact is not many have showed up since the pandemic started) but something else was.
My daughter approached me, looking strange and insisting that she had to put the antique pottery, that she had found, down. I immediately thought that she was experiencing pain in her right shoulder (damaged it several years ago). She was actually shaking and saying "I hope this is real"...
And, it turned out that the $1000.00 CND bill she found tucked between the pages of a discarded Bible was/is the real deal. I love dump hunting!
But today, no bikes were there that interested me (fact is not many have showed up since the pandemic started) but something else was.
My daughter approached me, looking strange and insisting that she had to put the antique pottery, that she had found, down. I immediately thought that she was experiencing pain in her right shoulder (damaged it several years ago). She was actually shaking and saying "I hope this is real"...
And, it turned out that the $1000.00 CND bill she found tucked between the pages of a discarded Bible was/is the real deal. I love dump hunting!
07-27-22, 02:10 AM
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I did not check or research anything. My daughter did and I am not sure where she looked for information. Had I been the finder, I would have spent the time to figure out collectable value.
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A couple of years ago, I found a bag of antique coins at the same dump. Nothing of much value in the bag but I did get my hopes up...
Someone else asked if we went through the other books. Yes, but not carefully. The person who looks after the dump (yup, we guard garbage here in Canada) did tell us that another lady found a $5.00 bill in one of the books and ended up taking the entire box home.
Someone else asked if we went through the other books. Yes, but not carefully. The person who looks after the dump (yup, we guard garbage here in Canada) did tell us that another lady found a $5.00 bill in one of the books and ended up taking the entire box home.
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A couple of years ago, I found a bag of antique coins at the same dump. Nothing of much value in the bag but I did get my hopes up...
Someone else asked if we went through the other books. Yes, but not carefully. The person who looks after the dump (yup, we guard garbage here in Canada) did tell us that another lady found a $5.00 bill in one of the books and ended up taking the entire box home.
Someone else asked if we went through the other books. Yes, but not carefully. The person who looks after the dump (yup, we guard garbage here in Canada) did tell us that another lady found a $5.00 bill in one of the books and ended up taking the entire box home.
07-27-22, 07:50 PM
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A couple of years ago, I found a bag of antique coins at the same dump. Nothing of much value in the bag but I did get my hopes up...
Someone else asked if we went through the other books. Yes, but not carefully. The person who looks after the dump (yup, we guard garbage here in Canada) did tell us that another lady found a $5.00 bill in one of the books and ended up taking the entire box home.
Someone else asked if we went through the other books. Yes, but not carefully. The person who looks after the dump (yup, we guard garbage here in Canada) did tell us that another lady found a $5.00 bill in one of the books and ended up taking the entire box home.
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07-28-22, 06:47 AM
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Did the bible have a name and/or address. Not to rain on your parade or anything . . . probably detritus from an estate or "moving on" clear-out.
07-28-22, 09:29 AM
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Now that you mention it, it would blow someone's mind (and make their day) to return that bill to whoever put it there, or their heirs.
