Rare 20 Consecutive 1973 One Dollar bills bound in

Updated September 14, 2026

Scratch Pad for Rich Iteches by mr. Advertising from London Ontario. See AI information below Yes, they are 100% real currency.The 20 one-dollar bills inside that specific Mr. Advertising pad are actual legal tender issued by the government.When these novelty money pads were popular in Canada, companies and banks created them using a completely legal process:Fresh from the Mint: They obtained bricks of brand-new, crisp, uncirculated one-dollar bills directly from the bank. Because they came straight from the vault, they had perfectly consecutive serial numbers.The Padding Process: A bindery or printer would stack the real cash together, put a piece of cardboard on the back, add the custom-printed "Scratch pad for rich itches" cover on top, and apply a specialized, rubbery paper glue (called padding compound) to the top edge.The glue was designed so you could literally peel a real bill off the pad one by one and spend it at a store. The Bank of Canada accepted them with no issues because the bills themselves were never defaced or altered—they were just held together at the very tip by a peelable adhesive.Summary Recommendation: Do not peel them off! Because they are real, uncirculated 1973 bills bound together in that specific, intact vintage novelty cover, they are worth significantly more to a collector as a complete set than they are as 20 loose individual dollar bills.

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