# I found a US $50 note last night

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-us-50-note-last-night/439786>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 1, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-us-50-note-last-night/439786 "2008-03-01T23:13:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-us-50-note-last-night/439786/21 "2008-03-03T06:48:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Cunctator]  
\<snip\> There are red bits and blueish bits too…  
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All US paper currency has red and blue threads in the cotton fiber; it’s a security feature. Congrats!

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-us-50-note-last-night/439786/22 "2008-03-03T07:25:44Z")

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I found two $100.00 bills once; another time, I found $80.00 in a parking lot. Wouldn’t mind doing either one again. Daily.

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