Funny Money
1. "Man buys groceries with worthless GW Bush currency"
< http://www.poe-news.com/stories.php?poeurlid=26350 >
"The bogus bill -- the U.S. Mint does not print a $200 bill -- bore the image
of President George W. Bush on the front and had the White House on the back"
2. "Woman arrested in Georgia for trying to pass fake million-dollar bill"
< http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/09/376110-ap.html >
"The U.S. Treasury does not make $1-million bills, but similar-looking currency
is sold in some souvenir shops"
3. "'Redemption theorist' ordered to do penance in prison for bank fraud"
< http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04105/300496.stm >
"convicted of trying to pass a fake U.S. Treasury check for $25 million"
4. "Thief steals fake 1,000 euro note"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1020478.html >
"A man who stole what he thought was a 1,000 Euro note, has been arrested by
police in Berlin"
5. "Mushroom picker stumbles across counterfeit cash"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200309/s949063.htm >
"It did not take the police long to decide they were fakes; most of them bore
the same number"
6. "Costly counterfeits puzzle police"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1163401.htm >
"Japanese police are scratching their heads in bewilderment over the country's
latest counterfeiting trend - fake notes that cost as much to make as their
face value"