Thieves are getting funnier these days.
*Cops Looking For $1 Million Bill Counterfeiter*
TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Hey, buddy. Got change for a million?
Police in southern Idaho are looking for someone trying to pass phony $1 million bills.
Officers in Twin Falls said the counterfeits are high quality except for one big problem. The U.S. Treasury never issued a 1 million bill.
The largest denomination bill ever produced was the $100,000 gold certificate issued in the mid 1930’s. But it was only used for transactions between Federal Reserve Banks and never released for general circulation.
As for the phony $1 million note, police said it looks like it’s based on a 1920s dollar bill. Police haven’t made any busts yet in the funny money case.
Source: TheBostonChannel.com
Those thieves seem like a bunch of jokers. I wonder how can they ever use that one million dollars. I wouldn’t accept a million in cash payment.
Plus, if I were to get paid a million, I would request for my money in a briefcase. Not that it is safer; it’s just cooler this way.
[EDIT: Typo error within blockquote.]
Possibly related:
What will the police charge the “counterfeiter” with, since you can’t counterfeit a bill that doesn’t exist.
Typo: s/domination/denomination
by Jessica (Oct 13, 2005 at 11 AM)Jessica: Well, it is still counted as counterfeit I suppose, after all he tries to make a piece of paper to legitimate currency. Thanks for spotting the error, it’s an error with the article, I didn’t notice it at all!
by Mr. Dew (Oct 14, 2005 at 6 AM)I remember a story where some pranksters bought food at McDonald’s with a 200 dollar bill (there is no such thing) with George W. Bush’s face on it. They were caught an charged with theft, not counterfeiting. Besides, where would that person get change for a million? Not at the bank, and definately not at McDonald’s.
RE: Typo. Since it’s the article writer’s fault you could write “domination [sic]” which points out that it’s the original authors mistake. [sic] means something in Latin that I can never remember what exactly.
by Jessica (Oct 14, 2005 at 7 AM)@Jessica:
SIC:
“sic1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sk)
adv.
Thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.
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by Nafcom (Oct 14, 2005 at 7 AM)[Latin sc. See so- in Indo-European Roots.]“
Only an idiot would accept a million dollar bill. Thanks for the information about ’sic’. I haven’t heard of this word actually. Interesting stuff.
by Mr. Dew (Oct 18, 2005 at 8 AM)