Woman tries to cash Million Dollar bill

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-03-09 08:11pm

CNN wrote: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.

Did this lady really think that this was going to work? I think it is time for the state of Georgia to revise their minimum required education standards.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-03-09 08:13pm

I bet she had heard about the guy getting away with the $200 bill thing and tried to do the same.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-03-09 08:36pm

Obviously she's too stupid to know that the next one up from $100 is the $1,000,000,000,000 bill.

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-03-09 08:37pm

Sounds like a joke, but you never know o_O, silly people ...

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-03-09 09:38pm

The story does not say if she`s a blond airhead

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-03-09 10:13pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Obviously she's too stupid to know that the next one up from $100 is the $1,000,000,000,000 bill.

Yeah, but Fidel Castro has it now.

Anyway, I'd say this story is almost as dumb as the one with the $200 bill, only because it was an even more blatant counterfeit.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-03-09 10:15pm

What denominations do they make?

I'm almost positive there's $500, $1000, and $10000 bills, does anyone know?

*goes off to browse the vast resources of the internet*

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-03-09 10:17pm

I believe there were a handful of $100,000 bills printed.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-03-09 10:21pm

Just found out that the $500, $1000, $5000, and $10,000 bills were taken out of production in 1969, but are still considered legal tender and may be found in general circulation.

The $100,000 bill circulated during the great depression and had Woodrow Wilson on it. It was only used in bank transfers, and not distributed to the general public.

A $1,000,000 bill was never made, and any found is a novelty item, not counterfeit, since you cannot counterfeit a bill which does not exist.

Interesting to note, $2 bills are still produced and circulated, and started a new series in 1996. As of 1999 there were over 500 million $2 bills in circulation.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-03-09 10:33pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Interesting to note, $2 bills are still produced and circulated, and started a new series in 1996. As of 1999 there were over 500 million $2 bills in circulation.

I'm pretty sure I've used a few of those $2 bills before.

But I forgot who's face was on the bill.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-03-09 11:23pm

Shinova wrote:I'm pretty sure I've used a few of those $2 bills before.
But I forgot who's face was on the bill.

I believe I have some from long before then. And it is Thomas Jefferson on the front.

As to the OT, that's just plane greedy. With a $500 or $1000 bill you could possible get away with it considering that most people have never seen one, but a $1000000 bill, WTF?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-03-09 11:37pm

What store could make change for that bill. Jeez.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-03-09 11:41pm

Montcalm wrote:The story does not say if she`s a blond airhead

Nah, I saw pictures of her on the news. She was a brunette, but just plain looked like a stupid bimbo. She looked just smart enough to maybe think up doing something like this, but definately not smart enough to realize what an idiotic thing she was about to do.

And I second the raising of Georgia's educational standards.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2004-03-10 12:30am

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Just found out that the $500, $1000, $5000, and $10,000 bills were taken out of production in 1969, but are still considered legal tender and may be found in general circulation.

The $100,000 bill circulated during the great depression and had Woodrow Wilson on it. It was only used in bank transfers, and not distributed to the general public.

A $1,000,000 bill was never made, and any found is a novelty item, not counterfeit, since you cannot counterfeit a bill which does not exist.

Interesting to note, $2 bills are still produced and circulated, and started a new series in 1996. As of 1999 there were over 500 million $2 bills in circulation.

Here is another interesting tidbit. I heard a story of a trucker who was pulled over and arrested by the police for something that was latter dismissed. He had on his posession a 1000 dollar bill. When he was cleared the police department tried handing him a check for 1000 dollars. He said he wanted his bill back (it dated to the 40s) and had more then monetary value. He was then told that would not be possible because the judge in the case had handed 10 franklins to the police and taken the bill. The trucker is now taking the case to court against the judge.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-10 12:33am

Wicked Pilot wrote:
Shinova wrote:I'm pretty sure I've used a few of those $2 bills before.
But I forgot who's face was on the bill.
I believe I have some from long before then. And it is Thomas Jefferson on the front.

I generally keep them in my wallet for luck when I get them.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-03-10 02:13am

neoolong wrote:What store could make change for that bill. Jeez.

A HAB Arms Bazaar perhaps, though they tend to deal more in bulk diamonds and barrels of crude.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2004-03-10 09:08am

I wonder what would have happend if the clerk had accepted the fake bill?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-03-10 09:44am

Tribun wrote:I wonder what would have happend if the clerk had accepted the fake bill?

Even if she did, she couldn't possibly give back over $990,000 in change.

Cromag · Post by **Cromag** » 2004-03-10 02:21pm

I'm just wondering how she intends to pay off her lawyer.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-03-10 10:09pm

Cromag wrote:I'm just wondering how she intends to pay off her lawyer.

Why, with the recently introduced $4725.93 bill that only she has with Chris Kirkpatrick on the front, of course.