I thought those were extinct!
I had a major geek moment at work this week. A work geek moment, which I never, ever thought would happen. But! A customer came in to deposit some cash she'd found in her house after her husband passed away, and she had a $500 bill. That she was just going to deposit! LIKE THAT!! I had never seen a $500 bill. I knew they'd once existed, sure, but I kind of figured they were extinct like the dinosaurs. (I had lunch at Subway, and they have a sign posted saying they won't even take bills over $20 anymore!)
Anyway, this was a 1928 $500 bill in pretty good condition with verbiage on it saying it's redeemable for gold. I googled it and found three 1928 $500 bills for sale on ebay; one was going for $3,750 and the other two were a set, going for $39,500. I MEAN. !!!! She was going to deposit it. For $500. That piece of paper is worth anywhere for a couple thousand to a couple dozen thousand dollars! Holy cow. (She ended up keeping it, by the way.)
It was totally the most exciting thing to happen at work since probably the day we accidentally tripped the alarms and the smokin' hot practically-SWAT team showed up.
PRETTY COOL, HUH? *g*