Quote:Fake denominations of United States currency have been created by individuals as practical jokes, by money artists like J. S. G. Boggs, or as genuine attempts at counterfeiting. In 2001, a man bought a sundae at a Danville, KY Dairy Queen with a $200 bill and received $197.88 in change. [1] In September 2003, a North Carolina man named Travis Martin used a $200 bill at a Food Lion to purchase $150 in groceries. The cashier cashed the fake bill and presented Martin with $50 in change.

In March 2004, Alice Regina Pike attempted to use a $1,000,000 bill with a picture of the Statue of Liberty on the front to purchase $1671.55 in goods from a Wal-Mart in Covington, Georgia, for which she was then arrested.[2]

The Libertarian Party also makes an annual tradition of handing out informational flyers made to look like $1,000,000 bills on April 15th to draw attention to their anti-income tax platform.

Various $3 bills have been released, generally poking fun at politicians or celebrities such as Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, or Hillary Clinton; this likely stems from the American expression "queer as a three-dollar bill."