# Tennessee woman arrested for printing own money after reading online Obama had made it legal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162 "2015-07-14T18:55:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/41 "2015-07-17T16:38:26Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I suppose you could make them from ones with corners from twenties; just cut off the zeros. I love this, and it made me think of it: It's safe for work, from The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/42 "2015-07-17T16:46:53Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Are two dollar notes even printed anymore? Yep. I get them from the bank on special order before we go to Vegas. They make great tips. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/43 "2015-07-17T19:29:14Z")
Keep political jabs out of this forum. No warning issued. > [@davida03801](#): > > The average Obama voter and support I presume. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/44 "2015-07-17T20:32:56Z")
The police appear to be slow at math. They found “several” other biils estimated to add up to between 30 thousand and 50 thousand dollars?? They couldn’t add it up? Was she printing out 10 thousand dollar bills? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/45 "2015-07-17T22:04:56Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The police appear to be slow at math. They found “several” other biils estimated to add up to between 30 thousand and 50 thousand dollars?? They couldn’t add it up? Was she printing out 10 thousand dollar bills? That would give the biggest return on investment. Just go to a 7-11, buy a Slim Jim, and get over $9,000 in change. You can even eat the Slim Jim if you’re so inclined! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/46 "2015-07-17T23:25:09Z")
She was gonna make trillion dollar bills, but couldn’t count the zeroes needed for the number. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/47 "2015-07-17T23:29:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The police appear to be slow at math. They found “several” other biils estimated to add up to between 30 thousand and 50 thousand dollars?? They couldn’t add it up? Was she printing out 10 thousand dollar bills? Given how half-assed the counterfeiting was, I wouldn’t be surprised if a bunch of the bills had different values on the front than they did on the back. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/48 "2015-07-17T23:41:37Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Given how half-assed the counterfeiting was, I wouldn’t be surprised if a bunch of the bills had different values on the front than they did on the back. Ooh, this has inspired me to conceive of a great scam for her. It’s a variation of the "hand the clerk a bill, get change and then claim you used a 20 when you actually used a 10. Except her bill is both. Hand the clerk the bill with the 10 side up and sometime in the next couple minutes just flip it over and show the 20. If the clerk notices the two different values on the same bill, well, I’m sure Pam can just brazen it out. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/49 "2015-07-19T03:11:26Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The police appear to be slow at math. They found “several” other biils estimated to add up to between 30 thousand and 50 thousand dollars?? They couldn’t add it up? Was she printing out 10 thousand dollar bills? Am I to assume you’re joking? They found a stack, and estimated the value. They didn’t count it out for the immediate haul. That’s done later. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/50 "2015-07-19T09:08:01Z")
> [@DataX](#): > > Another actually counterfeited QUARTERS (not many) and The India 1 Rupee note (approx. 2c now) was discontinued partly because of counterfeiting. I remember a character caught counterfeiting in the late 80’s who had an army of employees buying matches (1 box and change). He was only caught because one of his workers was stealing his rejects. He attributed his success to his realization that the security thread could be economically replicated with a thread made from the foil of Cadbury chocolate bars. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/51 "2015-07-19T16:37:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Ooh, this has inspired me to conceive of a great scam for her. It’s a variation of the "hand the clerk a bill, get change and then claim you used a 20 when you actually used a 10. Except her bill is both. Hand the clerk the bill with the 10 side up and sometime in the next couple minutes just flip it over and show the 20. If the clerk notices the two different values on the same bill, well, I’m sure Pam can just brazen it out. 🆒 Here’s the best variation of that scam. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CKJJbZe4TWM/maxresdefault.jpg "$20 Bill - Paper Moon (5/8) Movie CLIP (1973) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKJJbZe4TWM) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/52 "2015-07-19T20:08:18Z")
Way back in the good old days when Coke was five cents a bottle one could use a Mexican five centavo coin (IIRC) to get a bottle of coke and twenty cents change. Safer than counterfiting and a good ROI. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162/53 "2015-07-20T00:52:49Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > The India 1 Rupee note (approx. 2c now) was discontinued partly because of counterfeiting. > > . How is that even profitable? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-woman-arrested-for-printing-own-money-after-reading-online-obama-had-made-it-legal/725162.md?page=2)