The Sweet New $200 Bill is in Circulation

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  • esef
    Platinum Poster
    • Jun 2004
    • 1717

    The Sweet New $200 Bill is in Circulation



    Clerks accept $200 bills bearing Bush picture, make change
    PHILADELPHIA - At first glance it looked like the real thing, so store clerk Kathryn Miller was happy to accept the $200 bill as payment ? and even make change.

    The bill did carry a picture of President Bush, but he is not one of the presidents who appear on U.S. currency. And in any case, there is no such thing as a $200 bill.

    That did not stop Miller, who works at Fashion Bug, a women?s clothing store in Greensburg, Pa., from taking the bill in payment for an item costing $99.

    She also gave change to Deborah Trautwine, a resident of nearby Jeanette, said Jeanne Martin, a spokeswoman for the state police in Greensburg.

    ?Anyone with any bit of knowledge should have recognized that it wasn?t the real thing,? Martin said.

    Trautwine, who was located by police on the basis of information from the clothing store, was charged Wednesday with forgery, theft by deception and receiving stolen property.

    The bill was probably a joke rather than a forgery, said Martin. ?It was some sort of gag money,? she said.

    She didn?t know whether Miller still works at Fashion Bug.

    Perhaps Miller shouldn't feel too bad, since, as they say, misery loves company.

    Police in Kentucky are looking for a customer who succeeded in paying for a $2 order at a fast-food restaurant with another phony $200 bill. Authorities say the cashier at a Dairy Queen in Danville gave the culprit $198 in real money as change.


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  • peloquin
    Till I Come!
    • Jun 2004
    • 8643

    #2
    saw this earlier, some people are so stupid

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    • tiddles
      Encryption, Jr.
      • Jun 2004
      • 6861

      #3
      haha

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      • hear_my_name
        Getting Somewhere
        • Jul 2004
        • 139

        #4
        show how STUPID ppl are.... fuck! lol
        Any day above ground... Is A Good Day!

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        • deeprogressions
          Getting Somewhere
          • Jun 2004
          • 157

          #5
          What's bad is this isn't the first time this has happened this is the second or third time someone passed off a 200 dollar bill and the clerke accepted it. Worse about 6 months ago a clerk in Wal-Mart (in GA I believe) accepted a 1000 dollar bill. Kind of makes you scared for the future of humanity doesn't it?

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          • picklemonkey
            Double hoodie beer monster
            • Jun 2004
            • 15373

            #6
            They could at least put some famous dead president on it, like Eisenhower or Taft or even Kennedy or something. George Bush... pshyea

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            • jeffrey collins
              Not cool enough
              • Jun 2004
              • 7427

              #7
              Re:: The Sweet New $200 Bill is in Circulation

              Hey I've got a 1,000,000 dollar bill? Do you think I could go buy a house or two with it? :wink:

              I'll get it scanned and post it up on here later.

              J
              Jeffrey Collins: Painter
              My Painting Blog

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