Takara_Soong 4 Posted March 10, 2004 COVINGTON, Georgia (AP) -- A Georgia woman who tried to use a fake $1 million bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart was arrested, and police later found two more of the bills in her purse. The U.S. Treasury does not make $1 million bills, but similar-looking currency is sold in some souvenir shops. The fake bill featured a picture of the Statue of Liberty, police said. "It looks real, but of course there's nothing real about this," said Stacey Cotton, police chief in Covington, about 30 miles southeast of Atlanta. "People do crazy things all the time." A store clerk immediately noticed the bill was fake when 35-year-old Alice Regina Pike handed it to her on Friday, Cotton said. Pike then tried to use two gift cards worth only $2.32 to buy the merchandise, but when that did not work she again asked to cash the $1 million bill, Cotton said. The store then called police. Pike was jailed on forgery charges. A woman who answered the phone at the jail said she did not know if Pike has a lawyer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edmcgon 0 Posted March 10, 2004 The largest bill ever printed was $100,000. It had Woodrow Wilson's picture on it and was only used for transactions between the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. It was discontinued in the 1940's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted March 10, 2004 The largest bill ever printed was $100,000. It had Woodrow Wilson's picture on it and was only used for transactions between the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. It was discontinued in the 1940's. Yeah, and to my knowledge you can't even get a $500 or a $1,000 note anymore either. $100 is the largest available to the public. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Phaserman 0 Posted March 10, 2004 (edited) wow, that's pretty bold. even if they DID make a 1 Mill Bill, it would, like the now extinct 100K, be used only for official government business, which would make the bill either counterfit or stolen. Bright person, isn't she? and that one bill would pay my salary at the present rate for 31 years and 3 months, so this lady had enough money in fake bills to pay my salary for life, plus some. Edited March 10, 2004 by Ensign Jim Phaserman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
