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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 8399676, member: 15588"]I never saw the "Binion's Horseshoe Million Dollar" display, but numerous photos available on the Internet, and even a mention in the "Redbook" Guide to US Paper Money, verify that it existed. The Redbook (I have the 6th edition) says the notes entered the market in the early 2000s after the Casino cut costs and removed the display. None of the sources that I've read mention any doctoring of the notes. But it sounds like they were sold and continue to sell for escalating prices. They fall far out of my league, or any league that I will probably ever enter.</p><p><br /></p><p>This looks like an old postcard from Binion's:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/hippostcard/p/c7213d38c0467853def42d57afab0392.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Redbook also mentions that only about 200 of these $10,000 bills remain outstanding and <i>half </i>of these come from the Binion's display. Only 61,000 or so were even printed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 8399676, member: 15588"]I never saw the "Binion's Horseshoe Million Dollar" display, but numerous photos available on the Internet, and even a mention in the "Redbook" Guide to US Paper Money, verify that it existed. The Redbook (I have the 6th edition) says the notes entered the market in the early 2000s after the Casino cut costs and removed the display. None of the sources that I've read mention any doctoring of the notes. But it sounds like they were sold and continue to sell for escalating prices. They fall far out of my league, or any league that I will probably ever enter. This looks like an old postcard from Binion's: [IMG]https://storage.googleapis.com/hippostcard/p/c7213d38c0467853def42d57afab0392.jpg[/IMG] The Redbook also mentions that only about 200 of these $10,000 bills remain outstanding and [I]half [/I]of these come from the Binion's display. Only 61,000 or so were even printed.[/QUOTE]
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