People are the best: If they're not trying to pay for $1,671.55 of Wal-Mart stuffs with gift cards that had only $2.32 on them, then they're trying to
pay for $1,671.55 of goods with the well-known million dollar bill - you know it, it has the Statue of Liberty on it. When Alice Pike couldn't pay with the gift cards, she asked the cashier to cash the $1 million bill. Luckily, the cashier realized it was fake and called the police. Covington, GA
Police Chief Stacey Cotton said, "It looks real, but of course there's nothing real about this. People do crazy things all the time. I think it's just another example of some odd things that occur." They also found two more $1 million bills in Pike's possession.
The Daily News also helpfully points out the largest bank note that was ever in circulation was the $100,000 bill with President Woodrow Wilson's image. It's no longer in circulation, so don't go trying that one. Gothamist remembers a fairly recent (past few years) incident where some people who worked at Columbia University's copy center used the photocopiers to make counterfeit money. Or are we just our delusional selves?
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no- i remember the columbia counterfeiting ring. after they all got fired from the columbia copy office, the administration had these stickers that said "reproducing currency on these machines is a federal crime" or something to that effect.
what about that trillion dollar bill from the simpsons?
i love this.
people grumble at me on the rare occasion that i need to break a fifty, and she thinks wal-mart is going to give her $998328.45 in change...
Not a bad effort, although the Statute of Liberty's facial expression indicates that she may have shat her robe.
You can buy these in lots of crappy stores, but this one has been fake-authentically aged. I love it.
Fake aged? I always forget to empty my pockets before doing laundry, so most of my million-dollar bills look like this one.
Is it possible to spend $1671.55 at Wal-Mart? That's a lot of Pringles and sweatshop tightie-whities.