The Legend & Money of D.B. Cooper
Last Friday, at Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas, Texas, fifteen tattered $20 bills were sold for over $37,000.
What? I thought the dollar was supposed to be worth LESS these days, not MORE!
Well, these were special bills — recovered from the 1971 D.B. Cooper skyjacking by an eight year old boy who was digging in the sand. If you’ve lived around Seattle for a long time, you may be familiar with the story. It sounds like a folk legend, but it’s all true.
On Wednesday, November 24th, 1971 a well-groomed gentleman by the name of Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight …read more
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