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

packaging these bills were found in?”

I unzipped the leather pouch and withdrew the original cardboard band that had bound the hundred-dollar bills. The paper was yellowed and fragile, but the stamps on it were clear.

“This is the original cardboard band from the cash bundle,” I said slowly, keeping my voice steady.

“It carries the official federal transit continue reading …