Check out the new $200 bill.
September 15, 2003 7:55 AM Subscribe
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.
posted by dgaicun at 8:24 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by dgaicun at 8:24 AM on September 15, 2003
Is this really counterfeiting? Because it doesn't imitate an existing piece of currency...
posted by namespan at 8:57 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by namespan at 8:57 AM on September 15, 2003
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.
posted by dgaicun at 9:02 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by dgaicun at 9:02 AM on September 15, 2003
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'?
posted by twine42 at 9:08 AM on September 15, 2003
But then again, it's probably covered by the patriot act... Wonderfully 'Mmusing 'Dollars'?
posted by twine42 at 9:08 AM on September 15, 2003
With this story attached maybe the cashier could get $200 for it on eBay. And wouldn't that make the bill worth $200?
posted by pb at 9:32 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by pb at 9:32 AM on September 15, 2003
The lawn signs on the back made me laugh. : )
posted by SisterHavana at 10:21 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by SisterHavana at 10:21 AM on September 15, 2003
I had one of these but www.wheresgeorge.com wouldn't let me enter it.
... and then the wheels fell off.
posted by devbrain at 10:31 AM on September 15, 2003
... and then the wheels fell off.
posted by devbrain at 10:31 AM on September 15, 2003
It clearly states it is not legal tender but rather moral legal tender, so how can that be counterfeiting?
posted by linux at 10:38 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by linux at 10:38 AM on September 15, 2003
it's not so much counterfeiting as it is fraud.
posted by chrisroberts at 11:02 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by chrisroberts at 11:02 AM on September 15, 2003
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."
posted by davidmsc at 11:11 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by davidmsc at 11:11 AM on September 15, 2003
Thought the "faces" on US money are only of the dead.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:45 PM on September 15, 2003
posted by thomcatspike at 12:45 PM on September 15, 2003
Don't know about the $300 bill, but here's my all-time favorite retail idiot story.
posted by coolgeek at 8:30 PM on September 15, 2003
posted by coolgeek at 8:30 PM on September 15, 2003
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posted by soyjoy at 7:59 AM on September 15, 2003