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SERIES 1934 C $20 BILL TURNS HEADSFrom Reddit to Newsweek to your E-Sylum comes this story of an old $20 bill that turned heads on social media after being spit out by an ATM. -Editor 
An ordinary ATM withdrawal turned into something extraordinary after a Massachusetts man withdrew a $20 bill with a difference. In a Reddit post shared under the handle IBOB617, a man who told Newsweek his name was Ronald McKernan revealed how a trip to the ATM to pick up some cash to spend on vacation took an unexpected turn. Looking through the $100 he had withdrawn, McKernan immediately spotted something was amiss. "There was one really old dollar among a bunch of very new ones," he told Newsweek. That "really old" note turned out to be really old indeed, dating all the way back to before 1950. He posted a picture of the bill to Reddit, where it was upvoted over 20,000 times, sparking much discussion in the process. One Redditor even appeared to have nailed down a rough date for when the bill was likely first put in circulation. "The Series 1934C bills were printed between July 1946 and May 1949," they wrote. Some pondered whether money this old could still be used. Numismatists know that "really old" note is nothing rare or special, but it's nice to see people taking notice. Thankfully the Newsweek coverage was a just-the-facts approach without a made-up outrageous valuation. -Editor
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