Hi All,
I think you could find one of these every day of the past 5 years, can you imagine what a toe nail clipping would bring? But it has to have a letter of authenticity, that makes it true, doesn't it? Years ago I read a story in the news paper where an American tourist had purchased a million dollar bill in India for half price, he was very upset because the bank would not cash it, and it had a letter of authenticity. A friend in BC sell world banknotes, and when we visited him, I said I wanted a million dollar bill, he told me "no, problem", I told him it had to have a letter of authenticity, he replied, "no problem" and brought both. The International Banknote Society had them printed for giveaways at a convention in India in the late 90s. But the story does not end there, last month, a man in a town two hours from us went to his bank with several million dollar bills to use as collateral on a loan, the bank called the cops and he was arrested for passing counterfeit money, the local newspaper wrote up a big story about how the FBI was in on the investigation. I about laughed my butt off, I told Maggie that I was going to write a letter to the editor and tell him I had a million dollar bill too, but mine had a letter of authenticity, she pointed out that the local cops might come and bust down our doors, as they do not know that the USA never printed such a denomination. Next thing, I suspect that the local police will be arresting children who play monopoly, it is full of counterfeit money. By the way, no further report was made about the big counterfeiting ring, or the FBI, I am sure the boys at the local FBI office got to laugh their butts off too.
Best wishes
Gus
