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Show Can't Collect Fortune Possession of the largest face-value promissory note in the world is claimed by M. F. Rossi, antiquarian of San Jose, Calif. Mr. Rossi has a parchment parch-ment document whose faded inch conveys con-veys the date, 14S0, and a promise to pay 200 gold florins. The note bears 6 per cent interest According to Rossi's calculation, he could collect $41,172,200,000,000 on the note if the unfortunate Florentine who signed it was financially sound today. The florin Is valued at S200 in American currency. |