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Posted By: Bob C

When I was in college in LA in the early 80’s I was on line at a Ralph’s grocery store buying beer and pretzels or some other daily needs of a young college student. An elderly lady in front of me paid for her purchase with cash. I noticed she had a large “wad” and looking closer could not miss the unmistakable blue ink on the bills, meaning silver certificates! When it was my turn to check out, I asked the checker if I could exchange some of my bills for the bills the lady had given her. She was clueless (but suspicious) and did exchange $10 for 10 $1’s. Being a starving student that was all I could afford. They were not mint – wrinkled but still crisp – Series 1957A, and I still have them today. I did try to find the lady in the parking lot afterward but she was gone. I wonder even until this day if she was spending a hoard of cash she saved over the years, or something more untoward like the take from a bank robbery her dead husband had left her. True story. These things do happen!