Talk About a “Lump Sum”

A North Carolina man was arrested after police say he tried to use a fake million-dollar bill to buy $476 worth of Walmart items.

The Associated Press reports that 53-year-old Michael Fuller tried to buy a microwave oven, vacuum cleaner and other various merchandise with the bill, which he insisted was real. Fuller was charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretense and uttering a forged instrument.

The largest bill in circulation is $100. In 1969, the Federal Reserve Board announced it would stop distributing currency in denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000, according to the U.S. Department of The Treasury.

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The largest bill ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was the $100,000 Series 1934 Gold Certificate, but it was not circulated among the general public.                                                                                                            

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