Originally posted by Zoom Zoom Diva: The oddest legal U.S. Currency I ever received in change was a $1 Silver Certificate from 1957.
I didn't even realize I had it until I tried to spend it in another store and the manager checked it out... at that point, I realized what it was and substituted another $1 bill for payment.
I have it in my Shakespeare book to press it.
I had two silver certificates .. both series 1935. One received in change working at Burger King, the other my mom got in her change and gave to me. I have high-res scans of them here if you're at all interested (gave one away to my cousin; I still have the better-condition one in the middle, it's almost crisp minus the folds)