The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 51, December 4, 2005, Article 16

A TYPO OF PRESIDENTIAL PROPORTIONS

Steven Bellin and Roger deWardt Lane sent an article
with details on the Philippine bank note error:

"A press statement issued by the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas Sunday advised the public it had received
"a batch of P100 banknotes bearing the misspelled
surname of the President, a small number of which
had been released."

The central bank said it has apologized to the
President for the mistake.

The statement did not say was the typographical
error was but The Times learned from a central bank
insider that Arroyo appears as "Arrovo" in the bill.
The source also said a few thousand bills had been
printed before the mistake was spotted.

The central bank gave the assurance that the
misprinted banknotes are "considered legal tender
and should be accepted as genuine currency."

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I also asked if anyone was able to view the associated
News video.   Roger adds: "Try this link. It plays with
Microsoft Windows Player: video link "

Finally, I asked if anyone could point us to an image
of the note.  David Klinger writes: "This URL is from
an eBay listing.  There are many of these available there.
They are selling at about $15 right now.
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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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