counterfeiter's slang again

[Sam Clements]

Doug,

Being in the money/coin biz, I can tell you that counterfeits of
denominations of $1, $2, $3, $5, $10 were all done.

$3 counterfeits would have been  the most uncommon, as it was the most
uncommon denomination.  But $2 notes were not that scarce.

Sam Clements


----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: counterfeiter's slang again


> >... "300 queers" seems more likely to mean "300 counterfeit bills"
>
> It could be either way. The counterfeit bills may have been all $5 bills
> but "queers" may still refer to dollars. Then it would be natural for the
> number of queers to always be a multiple of 5.
>
> In those days a counterfeit $1 or $5 bill would have been reasonable,
AFAIK.
>