Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Deception II – Cacique of Poyais (Gregor MacGregor)

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Reason: High quality image, high EV. One dollar, Bank of Poyais, Republic of Poyais (1820s). After fighting in South and Central America, Scottish soldier Gregor MacGregor created an elaborate con claiming to have been made a Cacique of the entirely fictitious Cazique of Poyais, all in an effort to defraud land investors. Nearly 200 died in 1822–23 in connection with MacGregor’s deception. An unissued “banknote” designed and printed by MacGregor as part of his con.
Articles in which this image appears: Gregor MacGregor
FP category for this image: Currency
Creator: Gregor MacGregor and W.H. Lizars (engraver).
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 05:20, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Like this - elegant fine lines. Hafspajen (talk) 07:16, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Why is it called hard dollar? Hafspajen (talk) 07:14, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hafs- I'm not sure, but it could have been an effort to tie the note/currency to the Spanish dollar.--Godot13 (talk) 05:28, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Fascinating but sad story associated with it (I may try it myself if I run short of funds). It isn't "unissued" or "hard" though; it seems he did issue them in exchange for real currencies, and this note is a promise for a "hard" dollar. Belle (talk) 10:24, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Belle-unissued is referring to this particular piece (e.g., lack of a serial number, date, and signatures).
Support - Interesting backstory to this note. Good enough EV for his Cazique of Poyais. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:46, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Interesting story indeed — shades of Evelyn Waugh's Ishmaelia in Scoop. Sca (talk) 15:21, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bank of Poyais-1 Hard Dollar (1820s) SCAM.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:28, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]