Pittsburgh man
with one million dollar bill
How stupid could you be -
stupid enough to ask for a change for $1 million bill at a
grocery store.
An
unidentified Pittsburgh man went into a rage-rant at a local
grocery store, when he attempted to pay with one million dollar
bill at the Giant Eagle, but the cashier refused to accept the
"tender". The bill was, of course, fake. The Treasury has never
printed one million dollar bill and probably never will, besides
the fact that you won't find such a large amount of cash in any
bank branch throughout the country, not to mention a grocery
store. But stupid is what stupid does and the one million dollar
bill was quickly arrested. He carried no ID on him, and refused
to tell the police his name, but this will not save him from
being charged with felony.
Currently in circulation the highest
dollar bill is with a face value of $100, although the largest
denomination of currency ever printed was the $100,000 Series
1934 Gold Certificate featuring the portrait of President
Wilson, but never released for public circulation, only for
official transactions between Federal Reserve Banks. Currency in
denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 were pulled
out of distribution in 1969, however, these notes are legal
tender and may still be found in circulation today. According to
the U.S. Treasury, the most common "one million dollar bill" is
a nonnegotiable platinum certificates known as a "One Million
Dollar Special Issue", originally sold by a Canadian firm for
$1.00 each as a collectible item and are not redeemable.
Published on
10/09/2007
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