A Montgomery $1,000 Confederate note and a small-size $1 1928D star Silver Certificate topped Smythe’s July 5-7 auction in Memphis, Tenn., at the annual International Paper Money Show. Overall, Smythe’s Memphis auction realized $4,479,893. All prices reported in this article include buyer fees of 15 percent for most bidders and 20 percent for eBay bidders.

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A wallet full of two-dollar bills is like carrying around a wallet of joy. People get excited with unexpected encounters of two-dollar bills, and for some people it’s just the regular course. The two-dollar adventure unfolds many personality traits. First I walk into my bank and deposit a check like normal. After taking care of official adult business, the cashier asks the typical “is there anything else I can do for you today, Mr. Maldre?” For all those times I’ve been asked that question, I finally have a “yes” reply, and this time the request is a fun one! “Actually, I would like to take all the money in my wallet,” as I pause while I notice that the cashier is starting to smile now, “and convert it it all into two-dollar bills.

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The European Central Bank’s latest report on euro note counterfeiting shows that “The 50-Euro was the most counterfeited banknote in the first half of 2007, accounting for around a half of the total counterfeits found in circulation.” Total number of fake euros found in the first half of 2007 was listed as 265,000, meaning fake 50-Euros seized numbered about 132,500 notes with a face value of 6,625,000 Euros. That’s $9,138,127.50 in today’s U.S. dollars. Actually, 265,000 out of about 11 billion notes in circulation isn’t bad.

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