The Procrustean Treasury INTRODUCTION

THE PROCRUSTEAN TREASURY is an instruction manual composed in six questions, each of which pertain to the creation, distribution, and acquisition of Black Squares.

There are three ways to successfully operate these six questions:

1. Create a Black Square;
2. Sell a Black Square; and
3. Insure an acquired Black Square.

Likewise, there are three things to send SYLVANUSYLVANIA (P.O. Box 1333, New York, NY 10267) to register your success:

1. Proof of insurance, showing your valuated Black Square;
2. A copy of your Black Square bill of sale; and
3. Your Black Square.

These three operations and three registrations are the six degrees of a Black Square economy (epigonomics). In order to successfully navigate all six questions, please accept the following information as the case for the duration of the exam.

The Procrustean Treasury issues bills of paper money in the following denominations:

1 2 5 10 20 50 100.

On each bill there is an eight-digit serial number, comprised of the following numbers:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.

An example of a serial number is:

1 2 5 1 2 5 1 0.

No two bills of the same denomination have the same serial number.

The value of the money currently in circulation is:

125,102,050,100 units.