An 1800's NSW 10 shilling note just sold for $334,000 http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/03/27/australian-10-shilling-note-sells-334000 Went to an anonomiss buyer. One of the bidders was trying to nail it for his SMSF
Well only if you could get that price in silver, however how can this be worthless if someone saw value?