in the 1800¡¯s paper money and legal tender were not always only the Federal Reserve currency. Had a collection of Massachusetts and New Mexico mining company notes. And noticed that were being sold on eBay for a lot more than I purchased them for. Back in 2000 I could buy silver at 5x face value for common Morgan dollars a full crown of gold (one ounce was a little less than 300.00 well these paper notes I purchased 26 for 80.00 fast forward to now. Saw one going for 75.00 and decided to sell my through an agent. Let you know if it actually materialize anything... kind a kicked my self for not buying 20 more Morgan dollars instead of these ...