Strange Currency
On top of those misprinted 100-Philippine-peso bills – you know, those that misspelled the President’s name – and the conspiracy theories supposedly behind it – a 20-US-dollar note printed on paper with a Del Monte label sticker affixed to it was recently sold at auction for USD 25,300. On the other hand the “Arrovo” bills are typically sold at collector’s shops for PHP 400, but Manuel Viloria says they can be had off Ebay for just a little more than their face value.
How these errors got past quality control is beyond me. In the case of the fruity dollar bill, I think somebody got careless while eating a banana; he (or she) thoughtlessly stuck the label on some currency paper stock and off it went.
In other currency news, the Swiss National Bank recently held a contest to determine what design to choose for a new Swiss franc banknote series. The winning design was crafted by Manuel Krebs, but the illustrations have put some Swiss on edge.
Lunch over IP says Swiss authorities aren’t bound by the contest’s decision and are free to choose other designs as they see fit.
Thanks to the Associated Press for the dollar bill photo.
Or if you know someone in a bank you can get the bills at face value. I got my dad a stack of a hundred bills … which I think he’s stuffed under his mattress already.
I’d like to get my hands on some but not pay a premium.
fresh 10 pieces of crisp ARROVO bills for auction.
bidding leads to $28.95 US dollars each and it will end by the end of the month. so bid now just send me messages at veil_side_torque@yahoo.com see you there
That’s too much, my friend.