The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 25, June 24, 2007, Article 32

GERMANY'S DISAPPEARING EURO BANKNOTES LINKED TO ARTISTS

"Police investigating the mysterious crumbling of euro banknotes in
Germany have raided the homes of three Berlin artists after learning that
they were exhibiting "tranformed money.  Banks have intercepted thousands
of brittle bills with holes in them since last year. The money flakes
away when touched. German police said the money had come in contact with
sulphuric acid, but could not say how.

"Under the slogan "We make more out of your money," the trio offer
"optically altered" euro notes at a Berlin dealer gallery.

"Grunwald said there were no suspects yet in the case of the crumbling
money discovered in ordinary circulation. The artists had given police
the concentrated acid they used for their art."

To read the complete article, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

	coinbooks.org Web

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization 
promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org.

To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor 
at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com

To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum