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I have been sent copy of a 1,000,000 bill with wasgington's picture on it. Year 1928 silver certificate. Any chance it could be real? I have serial numbers D9016700A to
D8916701A
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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no chance. never. wont ever happen.
they haven't been made
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New Member
 United States
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I have a picture if this 1,000,000 bill front and back with Washington's picture on it
Please advise if I am being pranked
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Adam's answer is correct, there is no such thing as a US $1 million note. The largest US denomination ever printed was a $100,000 gold note only used for transactions between Federal Reserve Banks, none of them have ever been in public hands.
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United States
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Is there any way to check the serial numbers and see if they are numbers that were issued? Would seeing pictures of the bill help?
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Valued Member
Guatemala
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The serial numbers have undoubtedly been used, possibly several times. But again, there has never been a $1,000,000 note. You can read the Wikipedia article on Large Denomination U.S. Currency here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_...tes_currencyThat doesn't mean we wouldn't like a picture. :) |
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Guatemala
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OK.... An update is in order. I found an archive of a YahooNews article dated in Feb. 2006, with the following story: Quote:
$1 million bill scam
Eight Japanese investors pooled their money to buy incredibly rare US$1 million notes from 1928 that they believed could be resold for ten times what they paid. Over several years, the men paid out more than 150 million yen(US$1.27 million) to the president of a construction materials companywho was brokering the deal. Last March though, just a month before they were told they'd receive the $1 million notes, the president of the company disappeared. Worse, it turns out that the largest US bill ever printed was a $100,000 note. From the Associated Press:
The investors were told that the U.S. government printed the bills in 1928 when Chiang Kai-shek was still in power in China toallow Americans to bring their assets back home, Asahi said.
The president showed them a thousand of the $1 million notesfeaturing a portrait of George Washington at a Tokyo hotel, according to Asahi. The investors were told the notes could be exchanged for smaller denominations in Hong Kong, but no exchange ever took place, itreported.
"We continued to fork over money because we were promised,'You'll get several hundreds of millions of yen in three days,' or'You'll get that amount in a week,'" one investor was quoted as saying. Sound familiar?   Edited by JMerrick
02/21/2011 12:04 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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Boy, this note has been on a wild ride to get that much wear on it  |
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serial numbers D9016700A to D8916701A Maybe it is one of those elusive seven digit mismatched and missing serial numbers... could be an error note on top of everything else! Wouldn't that make it even more valuable? No, that is not the same thing JM.... that is a 1923 large size silver certificate with eight digit serial number... the OP says that his/hers is series 1928 (small size) with a seven digit serial number. |
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It actually looks pretty good JM.... I was wondering about the back of the note.
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Guatemala
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Zee, I thought the same thing. But, if you blow up the date, it is indeed 1928. Obviously, this is a pretty poor piece of work, all around. I thought the obverse was bad, but the reverse was... well... really, really bad. The first thing that came to mind were the old Japanese Occupation Currency notes from WWII. About the same level of detail. Now, the image below is from a bill that was sold *AS GENUINE* on ebay Phillipines a couple of years ago. And, yes, it did indeed sell, though I can't find out the price now.  Edited by JMerrick
02/21/2011 12:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Don't tell me that we are going to have our first disagreement here JM.... I will take your word for it that someone changed the series number from 1923 to 1928, (but why)? Your picture is of a 1923 large size $1 note.... (take my word for it)..... it has the seal of the 1923, the signature combo of the 1923, the reverse of the 1923, etc, etc.
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Valued Member
Guatemala
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Zee... I know what bill it is too. In the story that accompanied the picture, it was described as a 1928. A large 1928 didn't make any sense. That's why I blew up the image. The Philippine example I added above is also described as a 1928, though the image isn't good enough for me to blow up.
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Pillar of the Community
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I wouldn't mind having one of those.... I kinda like low serial numbers.... gives an automatic air of authenticity to high denomination notes. For comparison, 1923  1928  |
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Ah, I understand,.... neither of us is learning anything here, (other than the fact that I never knew such things existed)....... thanks for the pictures buddy....  I'm outta here. |
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Guatemala
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Great notes, and both appropriately dated...  I am particularly fond of the 1923. |
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Posted 02/21/2011 10:42 am
