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* In a case that combined this with [[Did Not Do the Research]], Italian police seized 125 billion in counterfeit $500 million and $1 billion U.S. bearer bonds. No U.S. bearer bonds have been issued over $10,000.
* The adage "Don't take any wooden nickels!" dates from [[The Great Depression]], when counterfeiters would cut out little nickel-sized discs of wood and paint them so that they resembled a nickel if you didn't look too closely. One way to tell the difference was to bite on the coin; the 75% copper 25% nickel alloy of an actual five-cent piece is pretty hard against the teeth, but wood has some give to it and will allow you to leave tooth marks in it.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah_gelt Gelt], a common party favor on Hanuka; nobody would likely mistake it for actual money, but it's money you can eat!
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