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I have seen countless numbers of these threads on this board. Quite surprisingly, this article provides some new ideas...

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/09/09/crazy-places-people-hide-money/


I liked these:

In Your Tax Files
"I put some money in a green envelope marked 1099's, punch a hole in one end of the envelope (BEFORE inserting the $), put it into the oldest income tax folder, which is usually about 2 inches thick, and in a file box in the attic."

In a Vacuum
"I hide my money in the vacuum. I just unzip the cover that holds the replaceable bags and stash whatever it is I want hidden. I have been given as a present a newer vacuum, but I refuse to get rid of the old one. No one understands why i wont part with it ... I just say I still use it when I need it!!"

In Between Cement Bags
"It's not unusual to have cement or mortar mix bags in the cellar, so place two bags with a space between them where you hide some stuff, then place a couple of bags on top. It's also fireproof!"

In a Fake Drain
"My father, a plumber, would make fake drains in the garage. They looked just like real drains but held a pipe fill with money. The downside -- after he passed we had to look at every drain."
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ainitfunny

ainitfunny

Saved, to glorify God.
Years ago my childhood girlfriend and I reunited and she told me a story of when she was on the farm in Michigan and got bored so she wandered off to the abandoned farm down the road where an old couple with no children had died years ago.

She was exploring the open barn and accidentally tipped over a coffee can full of rusty nails AND BENEATH THE RUSTY NAILS WERE A HALF A CAN OF PURE GOLD COINS THAT THEY HAD "FAILED" TO TURN IN WHEN ROOSEVELT CONFISCATED GOLD. She told her father who bawled her out for trespassing, but she never knew what happened to the coins. (It was then in the 50's and STILL IS illegal to have any of the coins that were supposed to have been turned in back then, so you wouldn't get anything much for them through official channels, back in the 50's or even today, unless you melted them down.) Or on the black market, under the table.
 
Kent

Kent

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ainitfunny said:
(It was then in the 50's and STILL IS illegal to have any of the coins that were supposed to have been turned in back then, so you wouldn't get anything much for them through official channels, back in the 50's or even today, unless you melted them down.) Or on the black market, under the table.
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I don't think it is still illegal to have gold coins of that era. Anyone know for sure?
 
Doc1

Doc1

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After the famine

Pass Go said:
Years ago during a move I found money under a canned ham in the refrigerator.
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After the coming famine, I can easily imagine someone fondly reminiscing about finding a canned ham under a stack of money in the refrigerator!

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Dux

Dux

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I received a bunch of cash about 30 years ago and inserted them in various books. I found them irregularly for years. Hopefully all...
 
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Dozdoats

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STILL IS illegal to have any of the coins that were supposed to have been turned in back then, so you wouldn't get anything much for them through official channels

Sorry, but US gold coins don't have memory chips, bar codes or any way to tell where they've been or who owned them under what circumstances. Those coins are worth exactly the same as any other gold coin of similar mintage, age and condition. And 100% legal to own today as well (as long as none were minted by the US government in 1933 or later).

Most of the US-minted gold in the USA today was in Europe when FDR issued his criminal, illegal and unconstitutional executive order limiting the ability of private US citizens to own gold to $100 worth in 1933. Those coins have since been repatriated and sold into a burgeoning market by the thousands. There's simply no way to tell them apart.

Now in the 1950s, Congress had not made it legal for American citizens to own gold bullion coins in excess of $100 worth (that didn't happen until 1971). But gold doesn't scream COME ARREST ME either... :whistle:

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tanstaafl

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Some of you have probably heard the story before, but the punchline is don't put money inside the barrels of a shotgun and forget you did it (unless you like currency confetti).

As for the gold coins comments, here's a table I found recently that was interesting. You might note that it's remarkable how many gold coins remain for a program that supposedly was so successful (you know, "because people trusted the government more then to do the right thing").
 

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bobpick

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Centuries ago (according to the body) I was listening to an old radio mystery and the person had put bearer bonds behind the wallpaper in the front room. All of the bond were spaced so that you couldn't see any seams.

But that won't work today, so just ignore it.
 
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