I was at the Mo. State Library Assoc. annual convention, and stop by a booth for the Federal Reserve. (Missouri is the only state that has Two Federal Reserve Banks--one in St. Louis and one in Kansas City.)
They were passing out bags of money to anyone who wanted one.
I admit they were not big bags.
And the money was not in mint condition.
OK, it was shredded to bits. They shred old bills and get rid of them. One way, by passing them out as souvenirs to silly people like me.
I also picked up a couple of books on the history of the Fed and the history of paper money.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
They could have charged for it. I'm sure there are plenty of people who are willing.
I suggest you put it at the bottom of a shredder.
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
Did you keep the bag?
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
You bet.
Posted by Lostinspace (Member # 11633) on :
I used to have a couple bags of shredded money, it is a neat thing to get to see.
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
My parents had several jars of shredded money. They would use them as gifts at White Elephant parties.
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
Congradulations you officially have a Federally mandated money bag, and that is something to be proud about.
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
Do you know how much money is in the bag. I know my parents jars supposedly had something like $500 in them. Of course since it was shredded you couldn't spend it anywhere. My dad used to joke that you could open it and try to put all the pieces back together.
Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
What a gift for jigsaw lovers...
If you can get the notes back into a semblance of decent condidtion will you be able to exchange the note(s) for good ones at the post office or something? It's got to be worth a try Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
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