In May, a new five-euro note will be put into circulation by the European Central Bank.

BBC: Sir Winston Churchill to feature on new banknote

When investigators caught him, he was living among mountains of money so large and unruly that the bills had begun to molder. (Storing cash is one of the most vexing challenges confronting corrupt Chinese officials, because the largest bill in circulation is a hundred-yuan note, worth about fifteen dollars.) He was convicted and received a death sentence that was suspended and later reduced to sixteen years.

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