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To: Enigma who wrote (56671)	7/23/2000 2:23:29 PM
From: goldsheet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116815

> there is a site which shows the percentage of total reserves for each CB that gold represents Do you have a URL ? I was under the impression gold is a relatively small and decreasing percentage of reserves, which would mean the impact of selling it might be minimal in many cases.

To: Enigma who wrote (56671)	7/24/2000 9:19:47 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116815

When the paper can't be trusted? Counterfeit-money problem hits small towns, causing headaches By Lucinda Harper THE WALL STREET JOURNAL <MAILTO:NEWS@INTERACTIVE.WSJ.COM> ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., July 24 — On a busy Monday in May, a white van pulled up in the Madison Seafood drive-thru here to pick up an order of fried fish. The driver paid with a $100 bill and was on his way. THAT SAME DAY, a group of friends sat in the Madison Seafood dining room and paid for their food using a $100 bill, too. Both bills were fake, and Madison Seafood owner Seung Ro had to eat the loss. “We have gotten bad money before, but I couldn’t believe I had gotten two in one day from two groups of people,” says Mr. Ro. “You wonder how much is out there.” A lot of other people are wondering that, too. The problem of counterfeit money, long a concern in cities such as Miami, Los Angeles and New York, is spreading to small-town America and giving store owners, bank tellers and police officers grief. In Liberal, Kan., a wave of shopkeepers recently reported to police receiving counterfeit bills. Here in Rocky Mount, police detectives are (cont) msnbc.com