Man Asks For Change For $1 Million Note

The man presented the note at a supermarket and demanded change.

But the cashier at the Giant Eagle Store refused and alerted the manager, who confiscated the fake note.

At this point the would-be millionaire crook flew into a rage.

Police said he slammed an electronic funds-transfer machine into the counter and reached for a scanner gun.

The man, who was not carrying identification and has refused to give his name to authorities, was arrested and was being held at the Allegheny County Jail.

Since 1969, the $100 bill has been the largest note in circulation in the United States.

Police believe the $1m note seized at the supermarket may have originated at a Dallas-based ministry.

Last year, the ministry distributed thousands of religious pamphlets with a picture of President Grover Cleveland on a $1m bill as a publicity stunt.

The church, the Living Waters Ministry, ran into trouble when government agents investigated whether the advertising campaign was cover for a counterfeiting operation – to the bemusement of the religious group.

The notes themselves included the phrase “Not Legal Tender”.

Cleveland, who was first elected in 1885, is the only American President to have served two non-consecutive terms.