The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 13, March 24, 2002, Article 8

IRRADIATED NOTES AS SOUVENIRS

  Martin Gengerke writes: "At the R.M. Smythe Show this
  weekend in Lancaster PA someone showed me a Fractional
  Currency note he ordered and was mailed to him at his
  Washington, D.C. office.  The note was in a standard
  mylar (or maybe acetate?) currency holder in an envelope,
  but was irradiated by the Post Office.  The holder had
  turned an almost opaque half melted dark brown - you
  could still see the note (Fr.1297) inside the holder, but it
  was obviously worthless numismatically.

  The Post Office paid off on the insured value and let the
  recipient keep the note.  Funny part is he's been getting
  offers for the irradiated package that far exceed the value
  of the note!   Maybe I should send him some cheap fourth
  issue notes (the $8 kind) just to get them irradiated. I
  could make a mint!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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