Comments on: Check out the new $200 bill.

Check out the new $200 bill.

sierray — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:55:57 -0800

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:59:58 -0800

Thank god we've gotten away from that trend of putting other colors on our money. This is more like it: Classy, straightforward, focused. I just wish it had some president other than Andrew Ja- I mean, George W. Bush on it.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:24:13 -0800

I don't think the guy who passed the bill should be punished; but the cashier who actually accepted it as authentic should...to the maximum extent of the law.

By: stonerose

stonerose — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:26:33 -0800

via Metafilter?

By: namespan

namespan — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:57:37 -0800

Is this really counterfeiting? Because it doesn't imitate an existing piece of currency...

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:02:52 -0800

Once I bought a Snickers bar with some Canadian change. It didn't mean much to me at the time, but now I'm a little worried.

By: twine42

twine42 — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:08:59 -0800

It's not counterfeiting, it's offering someone a work of art in exchange for some goods. I'd argue that not putting it forward as art is possibly fraud, but that's a different beastie. But then again, it's probably covered by the patriot act... Wonderfully 'Mmusing 'Dollars'?

By: pb

pb — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:32:23 -0800

With this story attached maybe the cashier could get $200 for it on eBay. And wouldn't that make the bill worth $200?

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:21:44 -0800

The lawn signs on the back made me laugh. : )

By: devbrain

devbrain — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:31:45 -0800

I had one of these but www.wheresgeorge.com wouldn't let me enter it. ... and then the wheels fell off.

By: linux

linux — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:38:46 -0800

It clearly states it is not legal tender but rather moral legal tender, so how can that be counterfeiting?

By: chrisroberts

chrisroberts — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:02:09 -0800

it's not so much counterfeiting as it is fraud.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:11:23 -0800

It's called *stupidity* on the part of the person who accepted it. I'm tempted to say *more power!* to the person who "created it."

By: Peter H

Peter H — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:32:29 -0800

i'm surprised G.W. can count that high.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:45:21 -0800

Thought the "faces" on US money are only of the dead.

By: Peter H

Peter H — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:55:18 -0800

i guess this one's of the dumb.

By: LowDog

LowDog — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:17:09 -0800

Hey, it could happen!

By: Dasein

Dasein — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:41:05 -0800

Does anyone else remember about a year or two ago when another cashier accepted a $300 bill (I think - it might have been $200) from someone and gave about $295 in change? The cops said they couldn't press counterfeiting charges because the bill was so obviously fake. I remember there being lawn signs on that bill, too. This isn't just a repeat, is it? And am I remembering correctly?

By: coolgeek

coolgeek — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:30:20 -0800

Don't know about the $300 bill, but here's my all-time favorite retail idiot story.

By: troybob

troybob — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:27:27 -0800

It's just one fraud on the face of another.