Fountain soda? Thatll be 75 cents please.

[ThePt78Gamer]

Fountain soda? That'll be 75 cents please.

And so the foreign man paid me with a single dollar bill. And what a mighty bill it was.

 

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[ThePt78Gamer]

Also got a 58' D wheat from the register to stay on crh topic.

 

[enamel7]

A Barr note in change? Amazing!

 

[ThePt78Gamer]

A Barr note in change? Amazing!

I worded it a little confusing sorry. A guy came into the store and bought a 75 cent fountain soda and paid with this. I work a register at a local gas station during evenings/overnight. You can bet I danced a little as his back was turned after seeing that signature.

 

[ugotit22]

Can you explain the significance of a "Barr" note?

 

[TwoYewts]

UGotIt, the significance of the note is that Joseph Barr served as Secretary of the Treasury for a VERY short period of time. His signature never made it to any of the higher notes so you can only find it on the $1 bill and therefore there isn't an abundance of them. I believe they currently go for 4 to 5 times face value for uncirculated (feel free to correct me here guys). I also think it was only on $1 notes with the branch-letters B, E, G, J, and L. Finding one in circulation is a sweet find indeed.
More Info:
Joseph W. Barr was the 59th Secretary of the Treasury and served under President Lyndon B. Johnson from Dec. 12, 1968 to Jan. 20, 1969. This was the last 28 days of the Johnson Administration.

Hope that helps

-TwoYewts

 

[ugotit22]

UGotIt, the significance of the note is that Joseph Barr served as Secretary of the Treasury for a VERY short period of time. His signature never made it to any of the higher notes so you can only find it on the $1 bill and therefore there isn't an abundance of them. I believe they currently go for 4 to 5 times face value for uncirculated (feel free to correct me here guys). I also think it was only on $1 notes with the branch-letters B, E, G, J, and L. Finding one in circulation is a sweet find indeed.
More Info:
Joseph W. Barr was the 59th Secretary of the Treasury and served under President Lyndon B. Johnson from Dec. 12, 1968 to Jan. 20, 1969. This was the last 28 days of the Johnson Administration.

Hope that helps

-TwoYewts

cool
thanks for the info

 

[port ewen ace]

123M printed 63-B NY FRB VF at $2

 

[baddbluff]

That's pretty cool

 

[ArkieBassMan]

I got one in change at a fast food drive thru a few years back. First and only I've seen since I was a kid in the 1970's. Not much value at all in a circulated example, but a neat find.

 

[maverick]

Congrats, and I learned something new today I have never heard of a barr note before I will now be on the lookout for them. HH, Maverick.

 

[scruggs]

A good eye catches a good find! Nice job!

 

[jeff of pa]

I've seen many Barr Notes over the Years. (1970's)
But that said, $1.00 Barr notes in Circulation today, means someone dug into their Savings.
$1.00 bills don't last that long in circulation anymore

 

[Dozer D]

I dont what to brag but back in the 60's when the BARR notes came out, my mom knowing that my dad & I were into coin collecting managed to buy at the local bank a $25 stack of NEW CRISP notes, all in serial # sequence. She gave them to my to hold for a long time, "maybe they will be worth $2 each someday". Still have them in a flat envelope, like if they were printed YESTERDAY. Thanks mom.

 

[Immy]

According to Alan Herbert's Coin Clinic, 484 million were printed. Barr may have only been Secty of Treasury for 23 days, but the plates with his signature were used for six months after he left office.

Herbert says Barr notes were one of the most blatant examples of rarity hype, citing Chicago dealer Leonard Stark for creating the impression they were "difficult to find".

Doesn't mean finding one now isn't pretty cool.

 

[GA_Boy]

I have some of those BARR's tucked away-------I haven't looked at them in years but I think I know where they are.
There was some deal with two dollar bills where I took them to the post office and got them stamped. Forgot what that was ablut but still have them.
Marvin