@twyngwyn wrote:
I found a $50 note and a beautiful dried flower, inside a book
I found a collection of foreign notes, different currencies and denominations in a book once. I don't think they where anything special, but interesting all the same.
I purchased a box of very old books at an auction a few years ago. Amongst the books was a very large, beautifully embossed leather family bible dating from around 1850. It was one of those with brass clasps and Gustave Dore type colour illustrations.
Inside the bible was a collection of antique paper dolls with period paper costumes, probably dating from the early 1900's. These where very nice, but the bible also contained a number of birth certificates, christening certificates and wedding certificates from the late 1800,s to around 1930. The bible was obviously very special to a family many years ago.
That was a great find, but an even better find was researching and tracking down a family member who was very interested in the family history and purchased the bible for a modest price. The money wasn't important, it was just nice to reunite the book with its rightful family.
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