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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;petronius, post: 1548601, member: 37365&quot;]In the movie <i>J. Edgar</i>, by Clint Eastwood, a banknote has an important role (and this is not fiction, but true story).</p><p><br /></p><p>The notes, that were used to pay the ransom of Baby Lindbergh, were Gold Certificates, and Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) is surprised to see them, because he thought they were out of legal tender. We are in 1932, and Gold Certificates will become &quot;outlaws&quot; only two years later, with the enactment of the Gold Reserve Act, but apparently he already saw a few in circulation, so as to suggest that they are no longer valid.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of these notes, $ 20, appropriately marked to be recognized, will discover the kidnapper, who had spent at a gas station, and the gas station man, maybe suspicious of the unusual note, and/or of the fact that it was used to pay the ridiculous amount of 89 cents, had written on the note the license plate number of the car of the man who gave it, the kidnapper of Baby Lindbergh, that thanks to this will be identified and arrested.</p><p><br /></p><p>petronius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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