# Worlds first trillionaire
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-first-trillionaire/105481
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 25, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-first-trillionaire/105481 "2002-04-25T02:10:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-first-trillionaire/105481/21 "2010-08-24T12:26:51Z")
> [@septimus](#):
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> I once had an antique U.S. $500 bill. Did it have a numismatic value of $500.02, or something? (A drug dealer acquaintance said it was no big deal, he and his friends supposedly using $1000 bills in their deals. True?)
Since $1000 were being taken out of circulation in 1969, they are rare, and worth more than their face value by a large amount, according to Wiki.
Every drug dealer I have ever met has been a teller of tall tales. I think it’s a job hazard.
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### Author:  [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-first-trillionaire/105481/22 "2010-08-24T16:43:18Z")
> [@cochrane](#):
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> > [@Rigamarole](#):
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> > False. [Carlos Slim is](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_list_of_billionaires), and he passed Gates back in April. Where have you been?
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> Stuck in 2002, apparently. 😃
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> Look at the date of the post. The thread was dormant that long until **tgs111** zombie-bumped it.
So it was. :smack:
pwned by zombie thread.
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### Author:  [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-first-trillionaire/105481/23 "2010-08-24T17:47:55Z")
You could buy a lot of brains with a trillion dollars…
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### Author:  [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-first-trillionaire/105481/24 "2010-08-24T20:06:53Z")
I think Samclem is our resident numismatist and can probably help with currency on that $500 note. But I will pay at least $510 for it. Check ebay for much better deals. On edit: I’ve lowballed you, but I think these ebay prices are too high. [http://cgi.ebay.com/1934-500-Dollar-Bill-Fed-Res-Note-CGA-20-Very-Low-SN-/150334319930?pt=LH\_DefaultDomain\_0](http://cgi.ebay.com/1934-500-Dollar-Bill-Fed-Res-Note-CGA-20-Very-Low-SN-/150334319930?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0)
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-first-trillionaire/105481/25 "2010-08-24T20:15:32Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#):
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> I think Samclem is our resident numismatist and can probably help with currency on that $500 note. But I will pay at least $510 for it. Check ebay for much better deals. On edit: I’ve lowballed you, but I think these ebay prices are too high. [http://cgi.ebay.com/1934-500-Dollar-Bill-Fed-Res-Note-CGA-20-Very-Low-SN-/150334319930?pt=LH\_DefaultDomain\_0](http://cgi.ebay.com/1934-500-Dollar-Bill-Fed-Res-Note-CGA-20-Very-Low-SN-/150334319930?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0)
Wow. I agree that that’s too high an asking price. I’ll offer $490 for all those notes. 🙂
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### Author:  [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-first-trillionaire/105481/26 "2010-08-25T07:07:51Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#):
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> I think Samclem is our resident numismatist and can probably help with currency on that $500 note. But I will pay at least $510 for it.
I don’t need a quote. My portrait of William McKinley was lost to some dainty fingers in an earlier millenium(\*). :mad:
I got it in an Atlantic City casino; some guy in a yarmulke was presenting them at a Blackjack table whenever he ran out of chips. I changed one, saving time since the pit boss had to inspect every one.
(\* - I’m probably lucky I held on to it as long as I did. Sometimes I tried to pay for drinks with it, in a foolish and vain attempt to intrigue attractive barmaids.)
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