European Central Bank to withdraw €500 note

Re:European Central Bank to withdraw €500 note by TazeTSchnitzel on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @03:09PM (#11630849)

Supposedly they were nicknamed 'Bin Ladens' in some places, due to the association with money laundering. I have no idea how true that is.

Something we do actually know, though, is that Osama himself had two of them sewn into his clothing at the time of his death.

The €500 note was one of the world's most valuable banknotes. There's no denomination anywhere near it for, say, dollars or pounds or whatever.

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Re:European Central Bank to withdraw €500 note by ArturSoler on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @03:12PM (#11630881)

As far as I know, the "Bin Laden" nickname was because "everyone knew that they (he) existed, but nobody knew where they (he) was (were) / nobody had sen them (him)".

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