OH, YOU MEANT REAL DOLLARS

"In 1999, James Weber of Calgary, Alberta, paid his tax bill (equivalent to about $75,000 U.S.) dollar-for-dollar with Colombian pesos (worth about $50 U.S.), arguing that the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency failed to print its dollar signs with two bars through the "S."

A dollar sign with only one bar through the S, he said, is used only by several South American currencies, and thus he is now paid in full. (In March 2000, an appeals court ruled against him, despite his having produced several favorable historical banking documents from as far back as 1910.)"

Wayne Homren, Editor

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The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 31, July 30 , 2000, Article 5

OH, YOU MEANT REAL DOLLARS

Wayne Homren, Editor