OT / one billion

[Mario Sarto]

Just read a penny dreadful story from Italy: a criminal gang had tried to sell federal bond interest coupons amounting to six billion dollars! The good thing of the story is – these papers are faked and they caught those people. The funny thing is what they wrote on the bond coupon from 1934: ONE BILLION!
US intelligence service said, that US Government never had given out papers in the amount of that (max. 100,000 $) Here is a link to that Super coupon

 

[unclejim1955]

Why not just take up engraving? They would be rich in no time.

 

[Sam]

Those are pretty bad fakes!

 

[Andrew Biggs]

A billion!!...............is that all.

These days a trillion will only get you a coffe with no change

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Dulltool]

Gee whizz Andrew.... I just payed $2 for a cup of coffee with a refill here in Washington state...... New Zealand sounds very expensive.

 

[dimovengraving]

US intelligence service said, that US Government never had given out papers in the amount of that (max. 100,000 $) ...

The original :

Mario, thanks for the funny story :biggrin:

 

[Sam]

I stopped carrying $100,000 banknotes. Every time I tried to buy petrol or groceries, they couldn't make change.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Gee whizz Andrew.... I just payed $2 for a cup of coffee with a refill here in Washington state...... New Zealand sounds very expensive

I was referring to Greek and Euro coffee

Cheers
Andrew

 

[dimovengraving]

I stopped carrying $100,000 banknotes. Every time I tried to buy petrol or groceries, they couldn't make change.

will be bad, if exchange is 3 X 33 000 $

 

[jlseymour]

Here in Mt. Dora, FL we had a lady try to pay for here purchase at Walmart with a 1 million bill a couple years ago her husband gave her to go shopping with...
She said she had more and showed them to the cops...
Big story in our little area...
We need her in Washington DC to help with the budget...
Jerry

 

[Mario Sarto]

The original

Oh no Evgeni - this one must be the original


I feel certain about this, got hundreds of them last year from a seriously looking man. Didn't know, what that was so far. But now i can have a cup of coffee with someone in Christchurch... i think so.

 

[monk]

caveat emptor ! mario