They're Not Just Plot Devices Anymore

Last night, we got in a brief discussion with a pal regarding the Hollywood history of bearer bonds. These arcane financial instruments played a key role in at least two cinematic classics from our younger years: Beverly Hills Cop, in which Eddie Murphy's pal foolishly steals some "German bearer bonds" from a drug dealer, and Die Hard, where they were hidden deep within the Nakatomi Building. But save for a few instances of fakery, we've seldom heard of bearer bonds outside of filmdom.

It seems,