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- From: mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: Santa on $1 bills!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.231105.20768@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 23:11:05 GMT
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- jberger@novell.com (John Berger) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec22.194453.27356@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards) writes:
- ->From: barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards)
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- ->Barth "even as a child, knew that the Scooby Doo villan who put Washington's
- ->portrait on counterfeit $100 bills was an idiot" Richards
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- >The local Safeway stores are selling $1 bills with Santa Claus' portrait on
- >them where George Washington's usually is. The card attached says that they
- >are legal tender, fully bankable & spendable.
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- >They are selling them for $2 (they will accept a $2 bill or two Susan B.
- >Anthony coins in payment). The extra money goes to fund raising for Easter
- >Seals. Seeing a collectable, I bought enough for all of my nieces &
- >nephews.
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- >Has anyone seen these in any other parts of the country?
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- In the midwest, Hy-Vee stores are selling them for $2 each also.
- I don't remember what charity gets the profits, but it could easily be
- Easter Seals.
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