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Angus Bucks,Angus Bills orAC/DC Dollars are usually fake (akaexonumia,fantasy issue) ,United States one-dollar bills featuringAngus Young, the lead guitarist from the Australian rock 'n' roll bandAC/DC. Thousands were dropped on the audience as a theatrical gimmick at the end of the song "Moneytalks" during the band's tour to promote their 1990 albumThe Razors Edge. In 2019 a commemorative 1 dollar fine gold coin was issued for theCook Islands by CIT, in the shape of a gold foil bank note, with the reverse showing anAngus Buck.
Angus Young takes the place ofGeorge Washington on the front. On the back in place of theGreat Seal and thebald eagle, are the cannon from the band's 1981 albumFor Those About to Rock We Salute You and a large iron bell representing the song "Hells Bells" from their 1980 albumBack In Black.
They were featured in the music video for "Moneytalks" which can be found on theirDVD,Family Jewels. Additionally, AC/DC concert DVDs subsequent to the release ofThe Razors Edge, which include "Moneytalks" in the set list, also feature their appearance, for example,Live at Donington.
In 1992, copies ofAC/DC'sLive double album included both a poster and an Angus Buck. They are now collector's items and can be found online from private sellers likeeBay.
A different type of Angus Buck was released inAC/DC Backtracks Boxset. It was a replica of anAustralian $100 Note, on both sides featuringAngus Young holding two cannonballs with their fuses lit.[citation needed]
Coinciding with the Razors Edge tour, theSoviet Union disintegrated. As a token of thanks for his youthful followers,Boris Yeltsin arranged for AC/DC to addMoscow to the tour. The venue had to be relocated numerous times due to high demand, eventually settling on anairfield.[1] Due to the volatile political and economic climate, theSoviet rouble was suffering from severe inflation. For an extremely short period of time, Angus Bucks dropped on the crowd had more value than the rouble itself and were actually used for regularmonetary transactions.[citation needed]The Angus Buck crossed the boundary in 2019 fromexonumia to actual currency with the release by CIT of a 1Cook Islands dollar coin in .999 gold, in the form of a laminated gold foil banknote (amount of gold : 1/10th of a gram), measuring 156×67 mm. The reverse features a reproduction of an Angus Buck while the obverse shows the effigy of HMQueen Elizabeth II in dollar style[2][3][4]
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