The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 46, November 17, 2002, Article 14

MONEY THAT NEVER WAS

  The following message can to me thought my web site,
  and I'm sure it's a familiar query to the coin dealers among
  us:  "Can you tell me anything about a  1840 Bank of the
  United States note for one million in gold?"   My answer:
  If the serial number is 711, it's a fake - no such thing ever
  existed, but there are fantasy replicas that have been
  made over the years and sold as souvenirs.

  Coincidentally, Michael Orzano's "Beginner's Workshop"
  article in the November 18, 2002 issue of Coin World
  address the very issue of the replica and fantasy notes
  that blanket the land.  The article is a useful desk reference
  to for those who regularly field such queries.  A very similar
  article by Orzano was published previously in the November
  22, 1999 issue.

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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