This is the much sought-after,
and and much traveled, $10 bill. Four times over the last
nine years this $10 bill has been hidden -- once for 20 weeks, once
for 26 weeks, once for 130 weeks (2 1/2 years!), and the last
time for 32 weeks.
Now, as of June 22, 2001, it is
again hidden. Your challenge, if you are up to it, is to find
it. It has already been found four times before, and four people are $1,000.00 richer.
If you look at it closely, you
can see the signs of wear. The top of the bill is severely
degraded. In all instances, the top was most exposed to the
elements. ...And, in Michigan, the elements can be quite
degrading. You can also see a slight blue stain on the
top. That's because the last time I hid it, I coated it with
blue wax. It helped protect it, but it still obviously got wet.
On the left side of the bill,
you can see a serious rust stain from the steel pin around which it
was rolled. As you might suspect, the paper of the bill is
starting to get brittle from exposure. There is a vertical cut
on the right side, the result of a treasure hunter taking a razor
blade to it trying to remove it from the pin.
Each time I hid it, there
developed around that event, a bit of an adventure. Click here
if you are interested in reading about these adventures
