# The 290 ransom bills found at Tena Bar

> Three packets of 100, 100 and 90 bills with rubber bands intact, decayed at the edges, some blackened with silver (a possible fingerprint-test residue).…

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**ART** 0D6SXVBR1X1Z·Artifact · object

# The 290 ransom bills found at Tena Bar

PhotographPublic domainFound 10 February 1980

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Three packets of 100, 100 and 90 bills with rubber bands intact, decayed at the edges, some blackened with silver (a possible fingerprint-test residue). Serial numbers match the ransom. The find spot was never recorded by the FBI; it was relocated in 2009 from excavation photographs.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1980. Public domain

## Copies 3

**Photo** Cooper Research Team · citizensleuths.com · not stated1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.citizensleuths.com/money-analysis/)

**Photo** Federal Bureau of Investigation · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (US government work)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Money_stolen_by_D._B._Cooper.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/f3e989c1f24e4204a3e8163e80b163c000e8af41ec98a78dbb15901ee8beab92)

**Picture** Federal Bureau of Investigation · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (US government work)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Money_stolen_by_D._B._Cooper.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Tena Bar, Columbia River](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6SWZ9A4FJE/tena-bar-columbia-river) · River beach

## Sources 3

- [D. B. Cooper](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWREJ65CS/d-b-cooper)_SRC_
- [Diatoms constrain forensic burial timelines: case study with DB Cooper money](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWRPC3N96/diatoms-constrain-forensic-burial-timelines-case-study-with)_SRC_
- [Tena Bar Money Find](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWSXE4XQJ/tena-bar-money-find)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The 290 ransom bills found at Tena Bar [Artifact ART0D6SXVBR1X1Z]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D6SXVBR1X1Z
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Key

**ART** 0D6SXVBR1X1Z

Kind

Object

Held by

Divided in 1986 between Brian Ingram and Northwest's insurer; the FBI kept 14 bills; Ingram sold 15 at auction in 2008; the rest are in private hands

Dated

found 10 February 1980; diatoms date their immersion to spring or summer after the hijacking

Licence

Public domain (US government work)

Place

[Tena Bar, Columbia River](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6SWZ9A4FJE/tena-bar-columbia-river)

Part of

[Hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper)

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