ya they're not to competent when it comes to spending it either.
I'm sure that a few of those bills (if not QUITE a few) will eventually end up in the hands of collectors. As matter of fact perhaps they should actually sell a few of them...

>http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101206/us_yblog_thelookout/government-cant-print-money-properly
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>I guess they could call Zimbabwe for advice ... < g >
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>Interestingly, the article says a mechanized system will scan the 1.1 billion questionable bills in about a year. That works out to about 35 bills/sec if it runs 24/7, which is fairly impressive and can't be cheap.
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>With all that in mind I wonder how much it costs to print a "new" $100 bill...