Last week Jim Haas asked about an old news report of a "pint-sized dollar bill" found in circulation. -Editor

"A member of my local coin club has a collection of shrunken money that he shows at the registration desk for our coin shows. He has a source for the paper bills that are treated with ammonia. He has all denominations up through $100.

He also has coins that are shrunken after exposure to a very strong magnetic field.

I don't know the legal status for these. They are not counterfeit but would qualify as altered."

So, will an ammonia bath shrink my waistline? -Editor

"The pint-sized dollar bills sound like bills that were shrunk with anhydrous ammonia. See various discussion at https://www.google.com/search?q=shrink+money+ammonia.

The shrinking process is not difficult... but neither is it something that should be tried as a lark. Anhydrous ammonia is unpleasant stuff."

"Look at this cool video I just came across!

"Plus attached here is an article from the Louisville Courier-Journal, June 30, 1962. This was a nationally reported story in many newspapers at the time."

As usual, readers came up with a pretty convincing answer to a vexing numismatic question. Thanks, everyone. -Editor