Money Week: Australia’s Biggest Little Spelling Error

About this episode

This episode discusses a misspelled word on Australia's $50 note and a cash incident in Michigan.

This week we're replaying some of our favorite shows about the stuff that makes the world go round. In this episode from May 2019, Australians laugh, curse, sigh and facepalm over a misspelled word on the newest printing of their $50 note. Plus: a guy in Grand Haven, Michigan drives through town with a cardboard box containing $30,000 in cash. And of course the box fell off his truck and the money started flying all over the place. Huge typo spotted on new $50 note (News.com.au) Bank alerted to Joyce coin risk (The Herald of Dublin) Error Is Human, Pt. 1: Certifiable U.S. Paper Money Errors (Coin Week) People rush to grab whirling cash after $30,000 falls off back of truck (MLive) Back Cool Weird Awesome on Patreon for just $1 a month!

Topics covered

• money
• spelling errors
• Australia
• cash

Keywords

• $50 note
• typo
• cash flying
• Grand Haven

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Error Is Human

Places: Australia, Grand Haven, Michigan, U.S.

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