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Money· 2000s+

$4,000 and a family letter in a hollowed-out history book

By the Editors · As reported by Fox News, 12 February 2019

FoundPhoenix, United States2019

Reunited — it went back to its owner or their family.

Cathy McAllister was volunteering for the VNSA book sale in Phoenix when she opened a donated history of the Roman Empire and found a hollow cut into the pages, holding $4,000 in hundred-dollar bills and a family letter. The letter was enough to find the owner in about ten minutes. He came to collect the money with his adult daughter.

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