Treasury Has a Hit With 'Prosperity Notes'

The Treasury Department recently sold 44,000 one-dollar bills to one person — at a price of $5.95 apiece. The bills weren't even all that special — they weren't very old, and they didn't have any major flaws that made them valuable to collectors. What they did have though, was four number eights in a row in their serial numbers — a sign of luck to many people of Asian descent.

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