Nitpicking Back to the Future Part II – EVERY? Monetary Possibility?

Thank you to Derek J. for pointing this one out by asking “Where did Doc Brown get NEW Confederate currency? This question opened a WHOLE aluminum brief case full of nits.

Where are the post 2000s redesigned bills? Doc handed Marty a $50 in 2015 at the beginning of the film.

How did Doc Brown get crisp new Confederate money? Did he drive the DeLorean to a Confederate state and travel back in time to get it? He sure didn’t have enough fuel to drive all the way from California to Texas in the 1860s

Where are the Spanish Pesos? Spanish and Mexican paper money were far more common in the Old West than Confederate currency.

Where are the post 1963-1971 bills when the currency ceased to be issued as Silver Certificates?

Shouldn’t the currency be grouped by valid usage dates? $1 bills 1939 – 1962, 1963 – 2024, $5 1971 – 2005? Something like that.

This is only US Currency, if Doc decides to go back to Bethlehem to see the birth of Christ, where’s the currency for other countries?

Here is a detailed list of the Contents of Doc’s Briefcase

(1955) 1957 $1 Silver Certificate	1923 $1 Silver Certificate	1917 $2 United States Note	1864 $5 and $20 Confederate States dollars
1934 $5 Silver Certificate	1914 $5 Federal Reserve Note	1902 $10 National Bank Note	1864 $10 Confederate States dollar
1985 $10 Federal Reserve Note	1914 $20 Federal Reserve Note	1864 $1 Confederate States dollar	1864 $20 Confederate States dollar
1863 10¢ and 1875 50¢ fractional bills	1914 $50 Federal Reserve Note	(1861) 1875/1880 $2 United States Note	(1861) 1875/1880 $2 United States Note

Thank you to r/BacktotheFuture for this detailed list. Please check out the thread for a detailed analysis of the case. Check out the Wikipedia article for the history of American paper currency

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