On Jan 1, 2:05*pm, Phil Kane wrote:
On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 09:25:53 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"

wrote:
Similarly, when all paper money stopped being
issued except Federal Reserve Notes, they simply stayed in circulation
until they wore out. I remember at least three different kinds --
their designs were almost identical (the engraved scrollwork may have
differed), but the seal and serial numbers were in different colors --
one of them was Silver Certificates, I think with a blue seal. (FRNs
have a green seal.)

Silver Certificates have blue seals and numbers (I have a few stored
with some $2 bills), FRNs are green, and U.S. Notes (very rare) had
red. *"Occupation Money" - specially printed for Hawaii after the
attack on Pearl Harbor and later used to pay GIs in Japan - had
yellow. *Rarest of all now.

Yeah, I thought I might have occasionally seen a red one! Hawaiian
money was not likely to turn up in NYC, especially more than a decade
later!

I did once see a Hawaii license plate -- on a car in Washington, DC.

About 20 years ago I asked a family friend who was a coin and currency
dealer what the value of my Silver Certificates was. *"Face Value", he
said. *I didn't have enough to buy the "mini-Hershey Bar" of silver
that the Treasury was offering as an incentive (gimmick?) to get them
out of circulation.
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Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR
PNW Beburg MP 28.0 - OE District