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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, 1480,- and a promise to pay 200 gold florins. The note bears 6 per cent interest. According to Rossi's calculation, he could collect 541,172,200,000,000 on the note if the unfortunate Florentine who signed It was financially sound today. The florin is valued at S200 in American currency. |