Posted on 05/04/2016 8:17:32 AM PDT by Petrosius
Edited on 05/04/2016 8:38:17 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
When 13-year-old eighth grader, Danesiah Neal, tried to spend a 2 Dollar Bill at lunch at Christa McAuliffe Middle School, she was detained and threatened with a felony!
It gets worse! The 2 Dollar Bill investigation had to go all the way to the bank to get solved!
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
When I was at Domino's, every January when school started back after the Christmas break, I'd get a lot of $2 bills, because that's what they got from Grandmom.
Actually, that’s a bearer note, not a silver certificate. Says “will pay to the bearer on demand two dollars”. A “dollar” is actually a very specific term, that is not what people think it is.
Originally, we had gold/silver certificates that promised to pay to the bearer X dollars of gold/silver on demand. The “dollar” they were talking about was actually a certain weight of gold/silver as specified by congress. (Through the power to regulate the value of money).
Later the verbiage changed to “will pay to the bearer on demand, X dollars”, without specifying gold or silver payment.
Now, it’s just a promissory note that promises to pay you nothing.
Dumbing down of America is approaching completion-all they need is 48% or so-can get an additional 10% via fraud at the ballot box.
This is from the same town that gave us a politicia this is from the same town that have people of prominence who think the astronauts planted a flag on Mars and Guam could possibly tip over.
All of the “adults” in this matter need to be terminated and jailed.
No more tolerance of ignorance.
The article said the date. I may have not remembered the date correctly but it was an older bill, and the marker wouldn’t work on it.
Police were then led to a bank where the 1953-issued bill was examined and determined to be real.
You know I just read the entire article, really glanced at it last night (a different post - not even sure it was from the same source), and the article stated there have been over 40 instances of lunch line fraud in x number of years. Not sure if the fraud equates to counterfeits, but if it is, I think this is beyond the pale that they are treating these children as adults and charging them with felonies. If someone gave them the money, then they should be the ones being charged. I doubt many children are gifted enough to counterfeit money. Now some of them may be Xerox copies that they are knowingly trying to pass off as money, but even then they should perhaps provide them with the scare of their young lives, and if they then repeat throw the book at them.
Not aware that there was ever a $200 bill. I think at one time there were actually $10,000 and $50,000 bills as well.
On another note, if you visit Monticello in Charlottesville, VA, they give you $2 bills for change.
Sometimes I get some just to leave as tips.
Ok, thanks.
Wouldn’t it be redeemable in silver, like the old $1 bills?
The article doesn’t say why the original “lunch lady” who received the money was suspicious of it. Was it because she didn’t think a $2 was a thing or did she think it was a fake $2?
Counterfeiting $2 would be the stupidest bill anyway since they are relatively rare and would get scrutinized.
Something like this happened at Taco Bell in the last few years too. The cashier didn’t think that a $2 was a thing.
This is as good a thread as any to ask: why have almost all the Treasurers of the United States for the last 30-odd years been Hispanic? Is it a job requirement?
When I served in the Navy we were paid in cash, and two dollar bills were frequently included in our pay.
Ah, yes- Susan B. and Sacca-jwee...
did they look like this?
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