Forty Thousand Dollars in Marked Bills Found in a Safe Deposit Box

sleeve had a small rattle near the bottom.

I unscrewed the brass cap on the base of the aluminum storage tube and tipped it forward onto the kitchen counter.

A small, tightly rolled cylinder of white paper slid out of the tube, secured with a yellow rubber band.

I slipped the rubber band off and flattened the paper against the Formica counter, my fingers continue reading …