September 17, 2013
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can-o-cash
When I was a kid in the early 70s, one of the banks in Corpus Christi, Texas, had a Christmas promotion. They had money sealed up in tin cans and sold them, or maybe they gave them away with new accounts - I can't find anything on the internet about it. Most of the cans had a dollar bill in them, but there were all denominations up to $100. My siblings and I each got a can-o-cash for Christmas that year.
Guess what I found in a box in our attic?
I may be the only person in Corpus Christi who never opened my can. It's a little rusty; it's been dragged from the Texas gulf coast to Arkansas, Mississippi, Hawaii, California and Michigan. Lots of humidity in most of those places.
When I shake the can, that brand new, crisp, folded bill still rattles inside it. We are going to sell a bunch of our attic treasures. I can't find anything like this on eBay or on a general Google search, so I thought I'd get opinions from random people on the internet. How much do you think we can get for an unopened can-o-cash?
Comments (6)
No idea, but I hope you get a bunch.
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I think you'd probably get about $1 -- about what you'd probably get for opening the can!
I'm not sure what you could get. It's a neat item though.
YOU MEAN YOUR NOT GOING TO OPEN IT!!!!!THERE COULD BE A HUNNERD BUCKS IN THERE
You have such self control or maybe a lack of curiosity! I'd have opened the can! If it doesn't sell for more than a $1 you can always open it and get your $100 out...
I hope if you do decide to sell, that you get a lot! It's rare, it has money and the anticipation and fun factor alone is worth something. I'm sure there are antique collectors who would pay handsomely.
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