Old $20 bill

[hyperion]

Today I went to a nearby Royal Bank ATM machine to do a Bankbook update, and I thought while I was there I might as well withdraw $20. The bill comes out, looks different, I thought it was one of the new ones so I put in into my wallet without a second thought.

When I get home, I wanted to show my little sister the new $20 bill so I take it out to show her. Thats when I realize that this isn't a new $20, it's a really old one, 1979. I took a picture of it and attached it below. Is this still legal tender or should I just go exchange it at the bank? Why did the ATM machine give me such an old type of bill?

[CuppaKid]

its still legal, we used to get them in the store i worked at all the time

[kingsley]

lol....why were you so excited about having the a new 20 dollar bill? It's been in circulation for a while now.

The bill is legal tender but maybe you should keep it for the sake of keeping it.

[simms]

It's legal. That was.. 2 versions ago.

[StrayB]

Like the queen says, ce billet a cours legal.

[manixc]

that's in a very nice condition. I have a $50 bill in that era

[RastaManMax]

Sorry to knock our new money, but it's so frikkin' ghey. Consider yourself lucky.

LEMAR

[hagbard]

You call that OLD!!! I've got bills dating from the 1910s.

[hyperion]

Thanks for the quick replies. I was just making sure so that the cafeteria lady won't give me a wierd look when I'll buy my next lunch

[UrbanPoet]

You call that OLD!!! I've got bills dating from the 1910s.

wow.. 1910's?
Hagbard, you really are a Hagbard!

[MTL-TechY]

Sorry to knock our new money, but it's so frikkin' ghey. Consider yourself lucky.

LEMAR

but the security features are worth it, when time come to check each bill and you have a stack of them.

[CSR]

They actually look alrite./

[urameatball]

back when I was working at a cashier 3 years ago... I received two mint 1979 $20 bills in one day. I was thinking, damn, those counterfeiters are faking old bills now? -- which I think would be pretty smart because they don't have the same security features as the new bills and are still accepted.

But I put it through all the tests and they checked out. So I kept them. I'm still wondering why every copy I've seen of this bill has been nearly mint.

[hyperion]

Here's the back for anyone that's interested, and it is in really good condition. It's actually in better condition than 90% of the old green $20 bills. Maybe they had a really small time of circulation. Edit: sorry the picture is blurry

[Jabb]

ive got some old bills too. *pulls out stack*
lets see what we have here
$100 from '75
$1 from '67
$1 from '73
couple of $2 from the 90's
$5 from '79
$10 from '71
$20 from '79
$50 from '75

all in near mint condition (they are folded twice, and the $100 has some writing on it)

should I keep these or use them, in case i need some cash to buy video games or something