Pictures of real paper money

[FreeEnergy]

Does anyone have a picture of the real US paper money, the ones that were printed by the Government, not the Federal Reserve notes?

Can't seem to find any.

When was the last Govenment bill issued?

[Ash_Williams]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/US_%241_1862_Legal_Tender.jpg

Lots of pictures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_one-dollar_bill

[madfranks]

The last ones were issued in 1963 and are called Red Seal notes. Notice at the top it says "United States Note" rather than "Federal Reserve Note". They only printed $2 and $5 bills in '63. But these are still fiat bills, they are not redeemable for anything. The last silver certificate was printed in 1957. Both are easy to find on ebay and aren't that expensive. You can probably land a '57 silver cert for a few bucks and a red seal note for $10-20. My old coin dealer used to mix well worn $1 silver certs in the change he would give back to customers, since they really aren't that valuable.

[madfranks]

I stand corrected - the last United States note to be issued was in 1966, it was a $100 bill.

[FreeEnergy]

Ok, thanks, I should've looked in Wikipedia..don't trust it that much though.

So when did "Federal Reserve Note" first appear on paper?

[Ash_Williams]

1914.

Ebay picture... may not last forever:

http://i.ebayimg.com/16/!!d5vnBg!WM~$(KGrHqYH-DgErgdc)disBK8JOgDkF!~~_32.JPG

[madfranks]

Here's another interesting set of notes. Look at the attached pics, they are a $10 Gold cert, a $10 silver cert, and a $10 Federal Reserve Note - all of these notes circulated at the same time! You could take the gold cert to the bank and get a gold eagle, you could take the silver cert to the bank and get 10 silver dollars, you could take the FRN to the bank, and get nothing! Note the FRN is "secured by United States Bonds". Bonds are easy to make, gold and silver, not so much. So the gold and silver went away, but the FRNs, backed by the US debt, remained!

[Olmstein]

"The Federal Reserve Bank
of
Boston Massachusetts

Will pay to the bearer on demand
TEN DOLLARS"

So what is that, a promise of more fiat for that fiat? Essentially the FRB of Boston is offering to make change.

[madfranks]

"The Federal Reserve Bank
of
Boston Massachusetts

Will pay to the bearer on demand
TEN DOLLARS"

So what is that, a promise of more fiat for that fiat? Essentially the FRB of Boston is offering to make change.



Look where it says "Redeemable in lawful money of the United States at United States Treasury or at the bank of issue". So, if you took that particular note to the Federal Reserve bank of Boston or the Treasury office, you could redeem it for "lawful money", but nobody else was required to honor it, even for face value. Notice it doesn't say "non-negotiable" or "legal tender" anywhere on the note which means people didn't have to take it, they were free to demand gold or silver. Of course today, all the FRNs say "legal tender" on them, so by law you have to take them for payment.

[BillBoard]

http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/pictures-of-real-paper-money/?action=dlattach;attach=1635

Did you notice the wording on this note?

United States Bonds deposited with the Treasurer of The United States of America.

United States is not the same entity as The United States of America?

I really need to look into this.

[Ash_Williams]

"The Federal Reserve Bank
of
Boston Massachusetts

Will pay to the bearer on demand
TEN DOLLARS"

So what is that, a promise of more fiat for that fiat? Essentially the FRB of Boston is offering to make change.

In a way. The change back then was made of silver or gold.
The value of paper was that you could redeem it for coin.
Coin contained set amounts of metal. The coin its self was more important than the number stamped onto it.

[sirgonzo420]

FRNs are still "redeemable in lawful money on demand", pursuant to 12 USC 411.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/12/411.html

Federal reserve notes, to be issued at the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the purpose of making advances to Federal reserve banks through the Federal reserve agents as hereinafter set forth and for no other purpose, are authorized. The said notes shall be obligations of the United States and shall be receivable by all national and member banks and Federal reserve banks and for all taxes, customs, and other public dues. They shall be redeemed in lawful money on demand at the Treasury Department of the United States, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or at any Federal Reserve bank.

[sirgonzo420]

Trivia: FRNs have BOTH a FED seal and a Treasury seal.

All the presidential portraits face the Treasury seal, save for one: that bastard Hamilton (who instead faces the FED seal).

[madfranks]

FRNs are still "redeemable in lawful money on demand", pursuant to 12 USC 411.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/12/411.html

Federal reserve notes, to be issued at the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the purpose of making advances to Federal reserve banks through the Federal reserve agents as hereinafter set forth and for no other purpose, are authorized. The said notes shall be obligations of the United States and shall be receivable by all national and member banks and Federal reserve banks and for all taxes, customs, and other public dues. They shall be redeemed in lawful money on demand at the Treasury Department of the United States, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or at any Federal Reserve bank.






I tried that - walked right into the Denver branch of the Federal Reserve with one of the old notes that said "redeemable in lawful money...", they told me my money was fake and then they kicked me out because I wasn't with the government and didn't have an account there.

[sirgonzo420]

I tried that - walked right into the Denver branch of the Federal Reserve with one of the old notes that said "redeemable in lawful money...", they told me my money was fake and then they kicked me out because I wasn't with the government and didn't have an account there.


Right, but "redeem" doesn't necessarily mean that they give you anything other than another FRN.... REDEMPTION simply removes the debt.

But you don't have to go to the Treasury or a FED BRANCH bank... because anyone using FRNs is a de facto "Federal reserve bank" - 12 USC 411 stipulates that FRNs are ONLY authorized for the purpose of making advances to "Federal reserve banks", and for no other purpose. Thus, willing participants in the federal reserve currency system are "Federal reserve banks" by operation of law. So to my mind, that means that the notes can be redeemed anywhere. The DEMAND is what counts (and a record of that demand).

In theory, when one redeems one's paycheck in lawful money per 12 USC 411, by making a written demand on the back, then the national debt is paid down by that amount (principal, not interest). Also, the tax burden associated with the use/receipt of those FRNs is (theoretically) extinguished.

Here is an interesting article concerning private credit versus public money: http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/convincing.html




Convincing Congress to Abolish the Fed
Freedom League, Sept/Oct 1984

When Congress borrows money on the credit of the United States, bonds are thus legislated into existence and deposited as credit entries in Federal Reserve banks. United States bonds, bills and notes constitute money as affirmed by the Supreme Court (Legal Tender Cases, 110 U.S. 421), and this money when deposited with the Fed becomes collateral from whence the Treasury may write checks against the credit thus created in its account (12 USC 391). For example, suppose Congress appropriates an expenditure of $1 billion. To finance the appropriation Congress creates the $1 billion worth of bonds out of thin air and deposits it with the privately owned Federal Reserve System. Upon receiving the bonds, the Fed credits $1 billion to the Treasury's checking account, holding the deposited bonds as collateral. When the United States deposits its bonds with the Federal Reserve System, private credit is extended to the Treasury by the Fed. Under its power to borrow money, Congress is authorized by the Constitution to contract debt, and whenever something is borrowed it must be returned. When Congress spends the contracted private credit, each use of credit is debt which must be returned to the lender or Fed. Since Congress authorizes the expenditure of this private credit, the United States incurs the primary obligation to return the borrowed credit, creating a National Debt which results when credit is not returned.

However, if anyone else accepts this private credit and uses it to purchase goods and services, the user voluntarily incurs the obligation requiring him to make a return of income whereby a portion of the income is collected by the IRS and delivered to the Federal Reserve banksters. Actually the federal income tax imparts two separate obligations: the obligation to file a return and the obligation to abide by the Internal Revenue Code. The obligation to make a return of income for using private credit is recognized in law as an irrecusable obligation, which according to 'Bouvier's Law Dictionary' (1914 ed.), is "a term used to indicate a certain class of contractual obligations recognized by the law which are imposed upon a person without his consent and without regard to any act of his own." This is distinguished from a recusable obligation which, according to Bouvier, arises from a voluntary act by which one incurs the obligation imposed by the operation of law. The voluntary use of private credit is the condition precedent which imposes the irrecusable obligation to file a tax return. If private credit is not used or rejected, then the operation of law which imposes the irrecusable obligation lies dormant and cannot apply.

In 'Brushaber v. Union Pacific RR Co.' 240 U.S. 1 (1916) the Supreme Court affirmed that the federal income tax is in the class of indirect taxes, which include duties and excises. The personal income tax arises from a duty -- i.e., charge or fee -- which is voluntarily incurred and subject to the rule of uniformity. A charge is a duty or obligation, binding upon him who enters into it, which may be removed or taken away by a discharge (performance): 'Bouvier', p. 459. Our federal personal income tax is not really a tax in the ordinary sense of the word but rather a burden or obligation which the taxpayer voluntarily assumes, and the burden of the tax falls upon those who voluntarily use private credit. Simply stated the tax imposed is a charge or fee upon the use of private credit where the amount of private credit used measures the pecuniary obligation. The personal income tax provision of the Internal Revenue Code is private law rather than public law. "A private law is one which is confined to particular individuals, associations, or corporations": 50 Am.Jur. 12, p.28. In the instant case the revenue code pertains to taxpayers. A private law can be enforced by a court of competent jurisdiction when statutes for its enforcement are enacted: 20 Am.Jur. 33, pgs. 58, 59. The distinction between public and private acts is not always sharply defined when published statutes are printed in their final form: Case v. Kelly, 133 U.S. 21 (1890). Statutes creating corporations are private acts: 20 Am.Jur. 35, p. 60. In this connection, the Federal Reserve Act is private law. Federal Reserve banks derive their existence and corporate power from the Federal Reserve Act: Armano v. Federal Reserve Bank, 468 F.Supp. 674 (1979). A private act may be published as a public law when the general public is afforded the opportunity of participating in the operation of the private law. The Internal Revenue Code is an example of private law which does not exclude the voluntary participation of the general public. Had the Internal Revenue Code been written as substantive public law, the code would be repugnant to the Constitution, since no one could be compelled to file a return and thereby become a witness against himself. Under the fifty titles listed on the preface page of the United States Code, the Internal Revenue Code (26 USC) is listed as having not been enacted as substantive public law, conceding that the Internal Revenue Code is private law. Bouvier declares that private law "relates to private matters which do not concern the public at large." It is the voluntary use of private credit which imposes upon the user the quasi contractual or implied obligation to make a return of income. In 'Pollock v. Farmer's Loan & Trust Co.' 158 U.S. 601 (1895) the Supreme Court had declared the income tax of 1894 to be repugnant to the Constitution, holding that taxation of rents, wages and salaries must conform to the rule of apportionment. However, when this decision was rendered, there was no privately owned central bank issuing private credit and currency but rather public money in the form of legal tender notes and coins of the United States circulated. Public money is the lawful money of the United States which the Constitution authorizes Congress to issue, conferring a property right, whereas the private credit issued by the Fed is neither money nor property, permitting the user an equitable interest but denying allodial title.

Today, we have two competing monetary systems. The Federal Reserve System with its private credit and currency, and the public money system consisting of legal tender United States notes and coins. One could use the public money system, paying all bills with coins and United States notes (if the notes can be obtained), or one could voluntarily use the private credit system and thereby incur the obligation to make a return of income. Under 26 USC 7609 the IRS has carte blanche authority to summon and investigate bank records for the purpose of determining tax liabilities or discovering unknown taxpayers: 'United States v. Berg' 636 F.2d 203 (1980). If an investigation of bank records discloses an excess of $1000 in deposits in a single year, the IRS may accept this as prima facie evidence that the account holder uses private credit and is therefore a person obligated to make a return of income. Anyone who uses private credit -- e.g., bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages, etc. -- voluntarily plugs himself into the system and obligates himself to file. A taxpayer is allowed to claim a $1000 personal deduction when filing his return. The average taxpayer in the course of a year uses United States coins in vending machines, parking meters, small change, etc., and this public money must be deducted when computing the charge for using private credit.

On June 5, 1933, the day of infamy arrived. Congress on that date enacted House Joint Resolution 192, which provided that the people convert or turn in their gold coins in exchange for Federal Reserve notes. Through the operation of law, H.J.R. 192 took us off the gold standard and placed us on the dollar standard where the dollar could be manipulated by private interests for their self-serving benefit. By this single act the people and their wealth were delivered to the bankers. When gold coinage was thus pulled out of circulation, large denomination Federal Reserve notes were issued to fill the void. As a consequence the public money supply in circulation was greatly diminished, and the debt-laden private credit of the Fed gained supremacy. This action made private individuals who had been previously exempt from federal income taxes now liable for them, since the general public began consuming and using large amounts of private credit. Notice all the case law prior to 1933 which affirms that income is a profit or gain which arises from a government granted privilege. After 1933, however, the case law no longer emphatically declares that income is exclusively corporate profit or that it arises from a privilege. So, what changed? Two years after H.J.R. 192, Congress passed the Social Security Act, which the Supreme Court upheld as a valid act imposing a valid income tax: 'Charles C. Steward Mach. Co. v, Davis' 301 U.S. 548 (1937).

It is no accident that the United States is without a dollar unit coin. In recent years the Eisenhower dollar coin received widespread acceptance, but the Treasury minted them in limited number which encouraged hoarding. This same fate befell the Kennedy half dollars, which circulated as silver sandwiched clads between 1965-1969 and were hoarded for their intrinsic value and not spent. Next came the Susan B. Anthony dollar, an awkward coin which was instantly rejected as planned. The remaining unit is the privately issued Federal Reserve note unit dollar with no viable competitors. Back in 1935 the Fed had persuaded the Treasury to discontinue minting silver dollars because the public preferred them over dollar bills. That the public money system has become awkward, discouraging its use, is no accident. It was planned that way.

A major purpose behind the 16th Amendment was to give Congress authority to enforce private law collections of revenue. Congress had the plenary power to collect income taxes arising from government granted privileges long before the 16th Amendment was ratified, and the amendment was unnecessary, except to give Congress the added power to enforce collections under private law: i.e., income from whatever source. So, the Fed got its amendment and its private income tax, which is a banker's dream but a nightmare for everyone else. Through the combined operation of the Fed and H.J.R. 192, the United States pays exorbitant interest whenever it uses its own money deposited with the Fed, and the people pay outrageous income taxes for the privilege of living and working in their own country, robbed of their wealth and separated from their rights, laboring under a tax system written by a cabal of loan shark bankers and rubber stamped by a spineless Congress.

Congress has the power to abolish the Federal Reserve System and thus destroy the private credit system. However, the people have it within their power to strip the Fed of its powers, rescind private credit and get the bankers to pay off the National Debt should Congress fail to act. The key to all this is 12 USC 411, which declares that Federal Reserve notes shall be redeemed in lawful money at any Federal Reserve bank. Lawful money is defined as all the coins, notes, bills, bonds and securities of the United States: 'Julliard v. Greenman' 110 U.S. 421, 448 (1884); whereas public money is the lawful money declared by Congress as a legal tender for debts (31 USC 5103); 524 F.2d 629 (1974). Anyone can present Federal Reserve notes to any Federal Reserve bank and demand redemption in public money -- i.e., legal tender United States notes and coins. A Federal Reserve note is a fixed obligation or evidence of indebtedness which pledges redemption (12 USC 411) in public money to the note holder. The Fed maintains a ready supply of United States notes in hundred dollar denominations for redemption purposes should it be required, and coins are available to satisfy claims for smaller amounts. However, should the general public decide to redeem large amounts of private credit for public money, a financial melt-down within the Fed would quickly occur. The process works like this. Suppose $1000 in Federal Reserve notes are presented for redemption in public money. To raise $1000 in public money the Fed must surrender U.S. Bonds in that amount to the Treasury in exchange for the public money demanded (assuming that the Fed had no public money on hand). In so doing $1000 of the National Debt would be paid off by the Fed and thus canceled. Can you imagine the result if large amounts of Federal Reserve notes were redeemed on a regular, ongoing basis? Private credit would be withdrawn from circulation and replaced with public money, and with each turning of the screw the Fed would be obliged to pay off more of the National Debt. Should the Fed refuse to redeem its notes in public money, then the fiction that private credit is used voluntarily would become unsustainable. If the use of private credit becomes compulsory, then the obligation to make a return of income is voided. If the Fed is under no obligation to redeem its notes, then no one has an obligation to make a return of income. It is that simple! Federal Reserve notes are not money and cannot be tendered when money is demanded: 105 So. 305 (1925). Moreover, the Ninth Circuit rejected the argument that a $50 Federal Reserve note be redeemed in gold or silver coin after specie coinage had been rescinded but upheld the right of the note holder to redeem his note in current public money (31 USC 392; rev., 5103): 524 F.2d 629 (1974); 12 USC 411.

It would be advantageous to close out all bank accounts, acquire a home safe, settle all debts in cash with public money and use U.S. postal money orders for remittances. Whenever a check is received, present it to the bank of issue and demand cash in public money. This will place banks in a vulnerable position, forcing them to draw off their assets. Through their insatiable greed, bankers have over extended, making banks quite illiquid. Should the people suddenly demand public money for their deposits and for checks received, many banks will collapse and be foreclosed by those demanding public money. Banks by their very nature are citadels of usury and sin, and the most patriotic service one could perform is to obligate bankers to redeem private credit. When the first Federal Reserve note is presented to the Fed for redemption, the process of ousting the private credit system will commence and will not end until the Fed and the banking system nurtured by it collapse. Coins comprise less than five percent of the currency, and current law limits the amount of United States notes in circulation to $300 million (31 USC 5115). The private credit system is exceedingly over extended compared with the supply of public money, and a small minority working in concert can easily collapse the private credit system and oust the Fed by demanding redemption of private credit. If the Fed disappeared tomorrow, income taxes on wages and salaries would vanish with it. Moreover, the States are precluded from taxing United States notes: 4 Wheat. 316. According to Bouvier, public money is the money which Congress can tax for public purposes mandated by the Constitution. Private credit when collected in revenue can fund programs and be spent for purposes not cognizable by the Constitution. We have in effect two competing governments: the United States Government and the Federal Government. The first is the government of the people, whereas the Federal Government is founded upon private law and funded by private credit. What we really have is private government. Federal agencies and activities funded by the private credit system include Social Security, bail out loans to bankers via the IMF, bail out loans to Chrysler, loans to students, FDIC, FBI, supporting the U.N., foreign aid, funding undeclared wars, etc., all of which would be unsustainable if funded by taxes raised pursuant to the Constitution. The personal income tax is not a true tax but rather an obligation or burden which is voluntarily assumed, since revenue is raised through voluntary contributions and can be spent for purposes unknown to the Constitution. Notice how the IRS declares in its publications that everyone is expected to contribute his fair share. True taxes must be spent for public purposes which the Constitution recognizes. Taxation for the purpose of giving or loaning money to private business enterprises and individuals is illegal: 15 Am.Rep. 39; Cooley, 'Prin. Const. Law', ch. IV. Revenue derived from the federal income tax goes into a private slush fund raised from voluntary contributions, and Congress is not restricted by the Constitution when spending or disbursing the proceeds from this private fund. It is incorrect to say that the personal federal income tax is unconstitutional, since the tax code is private law and resides outside the Constitution. The Internal Revenue Code is non-constitutional because it enforces an obligation which is voluntarily incurred through an act of the individual who binds himself. Fighting the Internal Revenue Code on constitutional grounds is wasted energy. The way to bring it all down is to attack the Federal Reserve System and its banking cohorts by demanding that private credit be redeemed, or by convincing Congress to abolish the Fed. Never forget that private credit is funding the destruction of our country. [Reprinted from `Freedom League', Sept/Oct 1984]

[sirgonzo420]

Here's an interesting tidbit from http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/lawfulmoney.asp :



Lawful Money

What Does Lawful Money Mean?
Any form of currency issued by the United States Treasury and not the Federal Reserve System, including gold and silver coins, Treasury notes, and Treasury bonds. Lawful money stands in contrast to fiat money, to which the government assigns value although it has no intrinsic value of its own and is not backed by reserves. Fiat money includes legal tender such as paper money, checks, drafts and bank notes.

Also known as "specie", which means "in actual form."

Investopedia explains Lawful Money
Oddly enough, the dollar bills that we carry around in our wallets are not considered lawful money. The notation on the bottom of a U.S. dollar bill reads "Legal Tender for All Debts, Public and Private", and is issued by the U.S. Federal Reserve, not the U.S. Treasury. Legal tender can be exchanged for an equivalent amount of lawful money, but effects such as inflation can change the value of fiat money. Lawful money is said to be the most direct form of ownership, but for purposes of practicality it has little use in direct transactions between parties anymore.

FRN's have TWO seals on them - one for the private credit of the federal reserve, and one for the public money of the USA. FRN's can be metaphysically transformed into USNs (United States Notes) upon demand.

Here's a couple threads about "redemption of lawful money" and 12 USC 411 from suijurisclub.net :

http://www.suijurisclub.net/introduce-yourself/8169-redeemed-lawful-money-pursuant-12-usc-411-a.html

http://www.suijurisclub.net/success-stories/1852-title-12-u-s-c-411-a.html

[Ponce]

Among my $100.00 bills I still have 36 of the OLD $100.00 bills.............took one to the bank to find out if they were still good and got the third degree, she looked at the bill reallyyyyyyyyyyyyy close and then called in the bank manager........and the answer was YES it was still good..........I can only wonder what would had happened if she knew that I had 35 more of them hahahahahahahahah...............call in the Secret Service?

[Ash_Williams]

FRNs are still "redeemable in lawful money on demand", pursuant to 12 USC 411.

You get it in lawful money by taking it to the bank and asking for a few rolls of dollars or nickels or whatever.

[DMac]

"The Federal Reserve Bank
of
Boston Massachusetts

Will pay to the bearer on demand
TEN DOLLARS"

So what is that, a promise of more fiat for that fiat? Essentially the FRB of Boston is offering to make change.



No. At the time these bills were redeemable you got coin for your bill. Lawful money, as Madfranks wrote above, was gold and silver.

1 dollar = 371.25 grains of silver
One troy ounce = 480 grains, or 31.10 grams

There are also 20 pennyweights to a troy ounce.

[Ponce]

Something tells me that I should keep them............my Guardian Angel?.............remember that in 1918-1923 in Germany the old bills retained its original value while the new ones went to, like, 20 millions to one?.

[madfranks]

Something tells me that I should keep them............my Guardian Angel?.............remember that in 1918-1923 in Germany the old bills retained its original value while the new ones went to, like, 20 millions to one?.


The old bills didn't quite retain original value, but they didn't depreciate like the new hyperinflating currency. The reason for that is because they weren't printing the old ones any more, so they were limited in supply and people still trusted them for their "value". If I recall, the same thing happened in Russia after a currency crash too.

[Twisted Titan]

Something tells me that I should keep them............my Guardian Angel?.............remember that in 1918-1923 in Germany the old bills retained its original value while the new ones went to, like, 20 millions to one?.


The old bills didn't quite retain original value, but they didn't depreciate like the new hyperinflating currency. The reason for that is because they weren't printing the old ones any more, so they were limited in supply and people still trusted them for their "value". If I recall, the same thing happened in Russia after a currency crash too.



That is exactly what will happen when the hyper inflation hits here.

The Old money will be hoarded


T

[Ponce]

And another reason why I have a good collection of loose change.......no one will be making them........if even if they did.......the old ones will have the good metal.

[madfranks]

I don't have a SHTF cash fund, but after reading this thread I would recommend that anyone who does keep it in old style notes, or bricks of coins.

[Quantum]

Trivia: FRNs have BOTH a FED seal and a Treasury seal.

All the presidential portraits face the Treasury seal, save for one: that bastard Hamilton (who instead faces the FED seal).


An occult difference.

[DualCarbon]

A FRN is a FRN, I would think. I'm skeptical that old style federal reserve notes are going to make a difference in high inflation in the US. Is the German example due to their old notes being from the monarchy and new notes being Weimar. If so, I would think that not applicable for US FRNs.

[Bobthetomato]

A FRN is a FRN, I would think. I'm skeptical that old style federal reserve notes are going to make a difference in high inflation in the US. Is the German example due to their old notes being from the monarchy and new notes being Weimar. If so, I would think that not applicable for US FRNs.

So much "money" is bits and bytes on a computer now. If the currency starts to crash I doubt people will care if yout have old style bills or not. In Germany coins kept their value due to percious metal content.

[madfranks]

A FRN is a FRN, I would think. I'm skeptical that old style federal reserve notes are going to make a difference in high inflation in the US. Is the German example due to their old notes being from the monarchy and new notes being Weimar. If so, I would think that not applicable for US FRNs.

So much "money" is bits and bytes on a computer now. If the currency starts to crash I doubt people will care if yout have old style bills or not. In Germany coins kept their value due to percious metal content.


When a currency hyperinflates, people are desperate for a stable form of money. The older bills, while still fiat, were not being printed anymore, and were therefore a stable form of money. 99%+ of people only know fiat money, they have no concept of precious metals as money or anything else, so more than likely they will trust paper cash as it's all they know. Therefore, if you're holding an emergency cash fund, I think it makes sense to do it in older bills since they aren't making them in that style any more. Of course, if the inflation isn't hyper, or if the dollar just gets ditched and replaced before it crashes, then the old bills will probably be no different than the new ones.