In 1882, having a $10 bill was like having $215 or so now.

But having an 1882 $10 bank note � or at least one issued by the First National Bank of Fullerton � is like having $10,063 today. That is what the note sold for.

The Fullerton bank note was among a collection of old Orange County ones offered up at auction this week in Beverly Hills. One of the most-expensive items was a La Habra note that sold for $15,525.

Most of the notes are from north Orange County, issued by banks in Garden Grove, Anaheim, Fullerton and Santa Ana.

The notes were in the private collection of William Pannier, a Fullerton rare-coin dealer and collector. Pannier owned Fullerton Coin & Stamps from 1976 until his death last August.

Pannier, raised in Anaheim, had been collecting paper money since the 1960s with a particular interest in old local currencies. His Orange County collection was sold as part of his shop to sports agent Dwight Manley, who worked in the shop as a teenager.

Manley said he put the bank notes up for auction because he personally only collects Brea notes.

To read the complete article, see:Old O.C. notes fetch a pretty penny(www.ocregister.com/articles/fullerton-287029-bill-pannier.html)