A circulated 2013B matched pair with duplicate serial numbers, graded 25 & 20, is already at $2150 with 3 days to go in the auction (ends Jan 18th).  Do you think it will reach $3,000?
https://www.2013b.com/2026/01/series-2013b-graded-matched-pair-at.html

https://www.2013b.com/2026/01/series-2013b-graded-matched-pair-at.html

During the Christmas season, I had the opportunity to visit one of my favorite Bank branches in the Ottawa Valley and it was definitely Christmas.  I could not believe what was deposited.  It goes to show you that anything is possible and being at the right place at the right time.

My advice to all, just ask the Bank staff for anything cool and more than likely, you could receive a payout.  The 1937 $2 banknote was a great stocking stuffer.  There were two lonely 1973 $1 banknotes as well.  I took them all.

Enjoy the picture!!  Whitenite.

Jan 14th finds:

I went to one of my banks today.  They had no paper bills, so I bought some coins.
Aside from a fair share of US coins, there wasn’t much in this lot. 
This is the reality of coin roll hunting; you can go for a long time without finding anything at all.

Enjoy!
Dean

According to Friedberg, BEP printed 2.4 billion of those series 1976 $2 notes, which everyone (including me) hoarded at the time. And many continue to do so, believing they will someday become rare and valuable, which will never happen of course. By comparison, the 1995, 2003, and 2003A series were only printed in the hundreds of millions of notes each. That's why despite being 50 years old, those series 1976 $2 notes still outnumber all other green seal $2 notes combined. They're still fun to receive in the wild though!

Not to be outdone by Dean with his collection of US $2 banknotes, I was asked by my friendly Royal Bank branch if I was interested in buying these banknotes as they have been turned down by Canadians purchasing US currency for travel.  As a result, I rescued these banknotes.

It is interesting to note that these banknotes were issued in 1976 for the 200th anniversary of their Independence.  Somebody has been holding these notes for some time as the Federal Reserve does issue a lot of $2 banknotes since 1976 and the US Treasury Website for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has printed millions of new $2 banknotes in 2024 and 2025 under the series of 2017.  I suspect that these banknotes were under someone's mattress.

With this in mind, the second posted image, contains a $1 banknote issued under the 1963A series which supports my theory that this was a dump of banknotes.  I do remember the 1963 and 1963A series as a young lad growing in Toronto when silver coins were still issued by the Royal Canadian Mint.  Even though, the $1 banknote has seen better days, it is a souvenir for me to remind me of those days of being a paperboy for the Toronto Star in the 1960's when the Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup!!  Sound like a Tragically Hip lyric to me.

The story of the other US $1 banknote has been documented on another thread started by Dean.

Enjoy the pictures of old banknotes.

Whitenite

During the month of December, I was alerted by my friendly Royal Bank staff in a branch in the Ottawa Valley that they took in as a deposit of an interesting US $1 banknote where they felt uncomfortable to put back into circulation, especially, for a Canadian who was travelling back to the US.  I purchased this note knowing that Dean would be happy to see it in this thread and possibly for his collection.

It appears that someone in the US had an issue and made quite the political statement.  It is unclear how long this banknote was in circulation with this statement.  On the front side of this banknote, it was issued as a 2006 series from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas under the letter K of Federal Reserve Banking system of regional banks.

This demonstrates the level of civil unrest south of the border.

Whitenite

Jan 12th finds:

Today after work, I stopped by one of my banks.
I managed to get $170 in rolled coins after finding out that they had no paper money or pennies.  The teller said that this was all he could give to me because it was just before closing time and most of the cash had been locked away. 

I was pleasantly surprised to find a few US coins, a coin from the Cayman Islands, a 12 sided nickel from 1962 (too bad it’s painted!) some nickel bullion coins, and best of all, two 1968 silver dimes!

Even though the ‘68s are only 50% silver, I will never complain when I find them for face value.

Enjoy!
Dean

Wow.  Thanks for that Seth.  I started cleaning out my coins during Xmas and still going.  I just got to to the loonies.  Cheers, Breanna

Yes, I have one of these. The detached bill on the loon is the biggest giveaway. Well-known run of counterfeits produced in Alberta in the early 1990s. There were reports in the June 13, 1992 editions of both the Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal.

Jan 10 coin hunt update:

Boy, am I glad that I went back to get those rolls of coins.
There was a large amount of US coin, two proof nickels and a proof dime, two coins from the United Arab Emirates an overstuffed roll with 9 extra dimes in it and best of all, four silver dimes, 1965, 1967, and two 1968s!

Interestingly, two of the silver dimes and the proof coins came from the bank that paid out yesterday, which makes me think that this was a collection dump.  The other two silver coins came from the rolls I picked up from the Scotiabank next door…

So, you never know what coins are in the rolls at any bank.  There’s stuff out there if you are willing to look for it!

Enjoy!
Dean