First we take Manhattan...

A NOVUM BELGIUM SHARE, ISSUED 1982. IN 1626 SIX WALLOONS, INCLUDING PETER MINUIT, WHO LATER WAS TO BECOME THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, BOUGHT MANHATTAN ISLAND FROM THE INDIANS FOR $ 24. ORIGINALLY NEW YORK WAS CALLED NOVUM BELGIUM. KAREL SCHOETENS & JEF LAMBRECHT, TWO BELGIANS WHO FOUNDED THE BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WORLD AFFAIRS IN 1982, AIM TO REPOSSES MANHATTAN, IN ORDER TO RIGHT THE HISTORICAL FALSIFICATION THAT PETER STUYVESANT WAS THE FOUNDER OF NEW YORK. MINUET ACTUALLY PRECEDED STUYVESANT BY 30 YEARS. THE NECESSARY CAPITAL: $24 IN 1624 PLUS INTEREST, RESULTS IN AN ACTUAL WORTH OF 24 OCTRILLIAN DOLLARS (A NUMBER WITH 24 ZEROS).