Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 2824365, member: 78298&quot;]They printed 42,000 of the $100,000 gold certificates.</p><p>All of the surviving notes have been accounted for, and are currently in the hands of the United States Government; thus, private ownership of a legitimate example is illegal. Forgeries are relatively common, and have sometimes been known to come with fake <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Certificate_of_authenticity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Certificate_of_authenticity" rel="nofollow">certificates of authenticity</a>. A handful of real examples, including an uncut sheet of twelve specimen notes, are currently on display at the <a href="http://currencies.wikia.com/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_San_Francisco" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currencies.wikia.com/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_San_Francisco" rel="nofollow">Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco</a>, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Smithsonian_Institution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Smithsonian_Institution" rel="nofollow">Smithsonian Institution</a>, and <a href="http://currencies.wikia.com/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Richmond?redlink=1&amp;action=edit&amp;flow=create-page-article-redlink" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currencies.wikia.com/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Richmond?redlink=1&amp;action=edit&amp;flow=create-page-article-redlink" rel="nofollow">Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in