$50 Bills

Last week I went to the bank to get some cash, as I do every week. This time I got some $50 bills, a first here. I normally get $20's but I have some larger bills due, like taxes and insurance, so the larger bills made sense.

Never again!

I had no idea the rigmarole they would put me through.

I was standing in line at PriceMart...think Sam's or Cosco. Nothing was moving at the checkout. The lines were backed up. I was now thinking in geologic time about getting out of the store.

They were changing the shift. I will avoid this in the future. I would rather push hot pins in my eyes than do this again.

The guy in front of me has a $50 bill. Everything stops. The teller runs off, returning with a fist full of paper. She starts filling out I don't know what. It takes forever.

Eventually he is gone and it's my turn.

At this point, I didn't know it was the 50's that triggered this process. I pull out a 50.

Oh no! It starts again.

I move on to the next store. My purchases come to $95, I perfect fit for 2 50's. I thought it was just a quirk at PriceMart.

But noooooooo!!!!!!

Once again this ridiculous process starts.

I have learned that outside the US, 5% of 50's and 100's are counterfit.

I didn't know that.

So, remember, only 20's outside the US.