Found money in book

[daver11399]

I found this tucked away in a book that I recently purchased. Is this anything special? I attached a photo. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[RobertP]

Likely a copy of the original.

http://www.antiquemoney.com/how-to-...-state-of-louisiana-100-bill-march-10th-1863/

 

[diane]

I found this tucked away in a book that I recently purchased. Is this anything special? I attached a photo. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks

That's interesting! Maybe @Copperhead-mi can help.

 

[kevikens]

Looks like a printed copy of the bill. Notice that even the serial number, which would have been individually hand written for each note, and the signatures, again normally hand written, seem to be printed onto the bill. I recall as a teen, circa 1960, bills looking a lot like this, were put into cereal boxes as freebies. If it says "copy" or "facsimile" it's a fairly recent copy. If not it may be one from the centennial period.

 

[Frederick14Va]

Reproduction currency piece... These are printed on an acidic parchment type of paper to intentionally look old. Came in currency sets of various assorted bills that can still be found at many gift shops at historical sites for a couple bucks.

 

[Greg Taylor]

Reproduction currency piece... These are printed on an acidic parchment type of paper to intentionally look old. Came in currency sets of various assorted bills that can still be found at many gift shops at historical sites for a couple bucks.

Serial No. 2650 cinches it.

 

[Mr. King]

Somebody was apparently expecting the South to actually rise again... saving their Confederate money.... LOL

It's funny, real Confederate money wasn't worth (*^$# when it was supposed to be, but a few years after the war, it's suddenly valuable.

Makes me wonder.... should I save up some modern worthless currency for my descendants?

 

[mofederal]

You just never know what you will find in a book. I found a World Series ticket for 1964 once. That was unusual for me, but I have also found other items used as bookmarks.

 

[bdtex]

Likely a copy of the original.

http://www.antiquemoney.com/how-to-...-state-of-louisiana-100-bill-march-10th-1863/

"Anything printed on brown thin paper with a black overprint is 100% fake."

 

[daver11399]

Thanks everyone! Defiantly cool to find in a book. I guess it was used as a bookmark. It's a cool fake that's for sure lol.

 

[daver11399]

You just never know what you will find in a book. I found a World Series ticket for 1964 once. That was unusual for me, but I have also found other items used as bookmarks.

Wow that had to have been cool. Those vintage tickets are really neat!

 

[Copperhead-mi]

What Frederick14Va said in post #5https://civilwartalk.com/members/frederick14va.9615/

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Here's a list from currency expert Crutch Williams - Bogus Notes - by type of note and serial number of the most commonly faked currency.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

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I found this tucked away in a book that I recently purchased. Is this anything special? I attached a photo. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Two immediate giveaways... the black ink signatures and the old looking parchment type paper. Here is what a real State of Louisiana $100 note which features the portrait of Civil War governor Thomas Moore, looks like:

 

[kevikens]

You just never know what you will find in a book. I found a World Series ticket for 1964 once. That was unusual for me, but I have also found other items used as bookmarks.

I once bought a Civil War book where the previous owner had been using a three cent piece of postal currency as a book mark. But even better was a friend who purchased a book on local history and found inside a US $10 Original Charter National Banknote from a local Philadelphia bank dated 1864. Now, that purchase turned out to be a VERY good investment.

 

[mofederal]

The best thing I ever found in a book was an interlibrary loan book I got. It was The Spirit of Old West Point by Morris Schaff. The book came from the West Point library. It was the personal copy of Adelbert Ames. In it he wrote on the insides of the pages about the people he knew in the book. I believe he was in the Class of 61. Most of his comments were pretty interesting. It was an odd thing to get on a interlibrary loan. I did have a Xerox copy of the book at one time.. Today I doubt if the book is ever loaned outside of West Point.

 

[James N.]

Thanks everyone! Defiantly cool to find in a book. I guess it was used as a bookmark. It's a cool fake that's for sure lol.

I once found a genuine $50 bill tucked in a copy of John Toland's biography of Adolf Hitler in a used bookstore!

 

[Longhall]

I've read hundreds of books, never found anything other than a dried up old flower pressed between the pages. I might have to ask myself if it's worth reading all those pages just for a dried up old flower.

 

[E_just_E]

Here.

One of its likely sources

 

[E_just_E]

The best thing I found in a book was a hand knit (or crocheted rather) PA Dutch bookmark that was extremely frail. It was in a volume of an 1880s Yonge's History of the Nations books I rescued (those books are often cannibalized for their lithographs that are sold out individually...)