1863 south carolina paper currency

[PI PRO]

hi everyone, during a remodel in Conn. , i was removing plaster in a 1920 home
and after the plaster was gone the remaining wood boards needed to go, when removed i found inside a space some newspapers, and this full sheet of currency. i have searched for days trying to get a value, but it is all single bills, i have seen nothing of a full sheet. please i need help with this, any info would be great. thanks

 

[MilitaryCollector]

UHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, doesn't this really belong to the owner of the house ? Did they give permission to take it ?

 

[Mackaydon]

Thanks for posting the reverse image, that's what I was looking for.
If you decide to donate to a museum, get it appraised first, then take the 'write off'.
Don...

 

[pitdiggers]

I bet the homeowner sure was excited when you showed it to them.

 

[CRUSADER]

I bet the homeowner sure was excited when you showed it to them.

Yeah, honest bunch those labouring chaps

 

[N.J.THer]

I bet the homeowner sure was excited when you showed it to them.

Yeah, honest bunch those labouring chaps

My brother owns a plumbing business and was doing a renovation on a house that a young couple just purchased. He found a coin collection behind a false panel in the wall. He told me the coins were all in individual cases and it was definitely there for awhile. He did turn it over to the couple and they claimed they knew it was there. After the renovation was done they sold the house and purchased a bigger home. To this day he says it was theirs whether they knew it was there or not but a reward would have been nice...lol.

His good karma was repaid when he purchased a home from a hoarder. The deal was he purchased the home with all the contents and he had to pay to clean it out. He called me over to take a look at what was there and see if I thought anything was worth money. Most of the stuff was complete junk or something good that was ruined by water damage or crushed under piles of junk. He did find an suitcase filled with U.S Mint Proof sets and a few gold coins. I also sold a 1970s G.I. Joe box on eBay for over $100. Not bad for an empty box. Also made a hefty profit on the house when he flipped it.

NJ

 

[GopherDaGold]

I'm not going to scroll through 1,800 auctions to find yours using only 'paper currency' as search words.
Link please.

 

[N.J.THer]

I'm not going to scroll through 1,800 auctions to find yours using only 'paper currency' as search words.
Link please.

Here you go: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260671785993&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[MonkeyBoy]

UHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, doesn't this really belong to the owner of the house ? Did they give permission to take it ?

Yeah.. that fact really seems to get glossed over.. I guess it is easy to compare it to metal detecting.. but most of us have permission to metal detect on people's properties and generally share with them. That seems to be the "norm". This isn't the same at all.. someone is paid to do a job, either per job or by the hour for work performed.. end of contract. In my humble opinion.. ;-) I'm a little shocked so many people on here are viewing this as a "find" just like metal detecting... it is not the same at all.


MB

 

[Nate in Ga]

I dont know if posts were deleted or altered but was there an answer to if he showed the home owner?

 

[PI PRO]

I dont know if posts were deleted or altered but was there an answer to if he showed the home owner?

hi everyone, to to those of you who asked if i had permission, the answer is yes, a young couple had bought
the house to turn it around, i showed them the stuff from the wall and they said they were not interested in it,
so they said i could keep it if i wanted it. please to everyone always ask for permission. rock on

 

[MonkeyBoy]

I dont know if posts were deleted or altered but was there an answer to if he showed the home owner?

hi everyone, to to those of you who asked if i had permission, the answer is yes, a young couple had bought
the house to turn it around, i showed them the stuff from the wall and they said they were not interested in it,
so they said i could keep it if i wanted it. please to everyone always ask for permission. rock on

Well then.. Banner!! ;-) To me that is an important piece of info.. I'd lead off with it!

MB

 

[1liquigirl]

It looks to be true currency, but even if it was counterfeit, they can fetch hefty prices also. The fold indicates to me that it may have spent some time within the pages of a book for safe keeping. The Confederate state paper currency I found is different states, all singulars and date 1863 and 64. They were in an attic. Old, brown and very brittle. If I hadn't salvaged them, they would have been burned up with the rest of the attic items in a trash heap when the owner was selling the property. My 15 cent South Carolina has a different signature than yours. Great find. Good luck with E-bay/Museum. Get back to the house, if you can.

 

[PI PRO]

UHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, doesn't this really belong to the owner of the house ? Did they give permission to take it ?

Yeah.. that fact really seems to get glossed over.. I guess it is easy to compare it to metal detecting.. but most of us have permission to metal detect on people's properties and generally share with them. That seems to be the "norm". This isn't the same at all.. someone is paid to do a job, either per job or by the hour for work performed.. end of contract. In my humble opinion.. ;-) I'm a little shocked so many people on here are viewing this as a "find" just like metal detecting... it is not the same at all.


MB

hey monkey boy, i see your post , and i could not agree more, my intentions were not to make other incredible metal detector finds seem not as cool as me finding paper in a wall, i metal detect all the time, and just the other day i found a 17 gram gold band on the beach with my excal, i will not post, because i see much more important finds on this site than mine. i just thought everyone would enjoy. good luck to every one

 

[PI PRO]

It looks to be true currency, but even if it was counterfeit, they can fetch hefty prices also. The fold indicates to me that it may have spent some time within the pages of a book for safe keeping. The Confederate state paper currency I found is different states, all singulars and date 1863 and 64. They were in an attic. Old, brown and very brittle. If I hadn't salvaged them, they would have been burned up with the rest of the attic items in a trash heap when the owner was selling the property. My 15 cent South Carolina has a different signature than yours. Great find. Good luck with E-bay/Museum. Get back to the house, if you can.

your the one that found the coin in matrix, that is awesome, thanks for the kind post. rock on

 

[CRUSADER]

I dont know if posts were deleted or altered but was there an answer to if he showed the home owner?

hi everyone, to to those of you who asked if i had permission, the answer is yes, a young couple had bought
the house to turn it around, i showed them the stuff from the wall and they said they were not interested in it,
so they said i could keep it if i wanted it. please to everyone always ask for permission. rock on

Did they know the potential value of the find? As this is important when showing any owner. Will you go back & give them a %age of the sale price? It would be a nice surprise for them I would.

 

[HISPAN]

I love working in old houses

I also enjoy working on old houses ......

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Interesting find.... congrats !

 

[PI PRO]

I dont know if posts were deleted or altered but was there an answer to if he showed the home owner?

hi everyone, to to those of you who asked if i had permission, the answer is yes, a young couple had bought
the house to turn it around, i showed them the stuff from the wall and they said they were not interested in it,
so they said i could keep it if i wanted it. please to everyone always ask for permission. rock on

Did they know the potential value of the find? As this is important when showing any owner. Will you go back & give them a %age of the sale price? It would be a nice surprise for them I would.

yea i plan on it, its on ebay for 10 days, trying to get a value right now. if you have a price of the value spill the beans, because nobody else does. also i have checked out your finds, very nice, it must be nice to be able to detect over there.

 

[CRUSADER]

I dont know if posts were deleted or altered but was there an answer to if he showed the home owner?

hi everyone, to to those of you who asked if i had permission, the answer is yes, a young couple had bought
the house to turn it around, i showed them the stuff from the wall and they said they were not interested in it,
so they said i could keep it if i wanted it. please to everyone always ask for permission. rock on

Did they know the potential value of the find? As this is important when showing any owner. Will you go back & give them a %age of the sale price? It would be a nice surprise for them I would.

yea i plan on it, its on ebay for 10 days, trying to get a value right now. if you have a price of the value spill the beans, because nobody else does. also i have checked out your finds, very nice, it must be nice to be able to detect over there.

Yeap, I love detecting here, too much

Note, I said potential value, which you knew would be significant, so just sharing that you thought it to be a reasonable sum would have been enough until you knew for sure. As we know, the value of many items in these type of finds are very subjective & surprises happen all the time

 

[PI PRO]

I dont know if posts were deleted or altered but was there an answer to if he showed the home owner?

hi everyone, to to those of you who asked if i had permission, the answer is yes, a young couple had bought
the house to turn it around, i showed them the stuff from the wall and they said they were not interested in it,
so they said i could keep it if i wanted it. please to everyone always ask for permission. rock on

Did they know the potential value of the find? As this is important when showing any owner. Will you go back & give them a %age of the sale price? It would be a nice surprise for them I would.

yea i plan on it, its on ebay for 10 days, trying to get a value right now. if you have a price of the value spill the beans, because nobody else does. also i have checked out your finds, very nice, it must be nice to be able to detect over there.

Yeap, I love detecting here, too much

Note, I said potential value, which you knew would be significant, so just sharing that you thought it to be a reasonable sum would have been enough until you knew for sure. As we know, the value of many items in these type of finds are very subjective & surprises happen all the time

it is fun not knowing whats in the next hole, by the way you would not happen to have a nice hammered coin for a yank in the colonies you would want to part with. if so shoot me a pm. thanks and god save the queen

 

[GopherDaGold]

Wow! Over $400 so far! This is a good one to watch. Collectors are drooling over this auction.
Since you hid your counter you have to tell us how many looky-loos you've had.