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Message:: [QUOTE="lettow, post: 396256, member: 6986"]OP: I think you have some of us confused as to what you mean by "prototype".  Are you suggesting that this particular note with serial number 1024574 was the prototype for this particular novelty note? Do you mean that the $1,000,000.00 note produced by the IAM was the first of the novelty million dollar bills and is therefore the prototype of the other novelty notes? The IAM note was very nicely done.  It is intaglio printed and has a number of security features.  However, it was a novelty note when it was created and it is still a novelty note.  There is nothing rare about them.  Despite your claims to the contrary, they were not all destroyed as they are still available from the IAM on their website (<a href="http://www.i-a-m.ws/bill.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.i-a-m.ws/bill.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.i-a-m.ws/bill.htm</a>).  There is also nothing impressive about the IAM.  For the uninitiated, it is the International Association of Millionaires.  Don't be fooled by the title.  You do not have to be a millionaire to join.  In fact, I am eligible to join as I meet the qualification of possessing one of the original $1,000,000.00 notes.  Did I pay $75.00 for it (the current sales price from IAM)?  I did not even pay $.75 for it.  It was in a lot of miscellaneous world notes that I paid about $20.00 for.[/QUOTE]