US man seeks change for $1million note

US man seeks change for $1million note

news.bbc.co.uk

A man who handed over a counterfeit million-dollar bill to a cashier at a Pittsburgh supermarket and asked for change has been arrested.
Police told the BBC the man became abusive when a manager at the Giant Eagle store confiscated the fake note.

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This may be BTS or another forum....

This person is obviously mentaly ill. I do not understand people. This could be the most ridiculous story I have ever heard. I thought I would share.

news.bbc.co.uk
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THIS HAPPENED IN MY AREA A FEW YEARS AGO AFTER HURRICANE FLOYD some people hired mexicans to come clean up their property and paid the group one million dollar bill they tried going to bank and got told they were scammed. they ended back in mexico because they threated to hurt the guy. and they got ins called on them.

If I had a million dollar bill, what would I do? Hmmmmm.......... Like maybe I'd go through the McDonalds Drive through and order a Burger and fries with a coke, and tell them "Listen to me, I want you to REALLY supersize it, ok?"

Or like maybe I would go to the convenience store and say "Here. I need to get some change for the pinball machine." I bet the clerk would be so surprised! If he said anything, I would just tell him that "I REALLY like to play pinball."

Question What was the largest currency denomination ever produced?

Answer The largest denomination of currency ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was the $100,000 Series 1934 Gold Certificate featuring the portrait of President Wilson. These notes were printed from December 18, 1934 through January 9, 1935 and were issued by the Treasurer of the United States to Federal Reserve Banks only against an equal amount of gold bullion held by the Treasury Department. The notes were used only for official transactions between Federal Reserve Banks and were not circulated among the general public.

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Question Did the Treasury Department ever produce a $1 million currency note? I have one that I want to know about.

Answer We receive many inquiries asking if the Treasury Department ever produced a $1 million currency note. People have sent in copies of these notes. We have found that they are nonnegotiable platinum certificates known as a "One Million Dollar Special Issue." These notes were from a special limited copyrighted art series originally sold by a Canadian firm for $1.00 each as a collectible item. They are not official United States currency notes manufactured by our Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). As such, they are not redeemable by the Department of the Treasury.

You may be interested to know that the BEP learned of these certificates in the spring of 1982. All related correspondence was forwarded to the United States Secret Service to decide if there were any violations of Federal currency laws. The Secret Service subsequently advised, however, that these certificates did not violate any United States law.

U.S. Treasury .gov


I thought you all might find that interesting.

[edit on 10/10/07 by FreeThinkerIdealist]

I remember reading about this same thing happening around a year ago. I actually figured maybe somebody has found an old news article and just forgot to check the gate. Who woulda thought that there were two people in the county stupid enough to believe they had a 1 million dollar bill. LOL.