Talk:Large denomination bills in U.S. currency
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At Salmon P. Chase, there is a picture of a $10,000 bill. Can you copy it to this page?? User 66.245.114.181
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Pre-Federal Reserve histories of large bills
For the denomination bills of $5 to $100, I added pre-Federal Reserve histories. But how about the $500 through $10,000?? It can be harder because this page would be about 4 times as large as the other pages. 66.245.86.115 14:52, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
Back of $10,000 bill
The back of the $10,000 bill doesn't appear to look like an ornamental design of $10,000. What kind of $10,000 bill is this?? 66.32.149.224 23:54, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
Large number names in English language
The number names in the English language starting with sextillion appear to be going the way of the large denomination bills in U.S. currency.
Today, U.S. currency has bills up to $100, and to get a large amount of money without using many bills, you would write a check. I (born in 1985) have never seen any of these bills except in pictures.
Similarly, quintillion is the largest number name in the English language that will be able to survive with the popularity of scientific notation that is more common. Thus, to someone born in 2045, the large number names in the English language could equally have just about the same meaning the large bills have to me.
An important note is that when the pages for the bill denominations were created, the $5 to $100 bills were put each on separate articles, one per denomination, these larger denomination bills were all put on one article.
Thus, if Wikipedia is still alive in 2064 (I know that's a long time from now, so it's really impossible to find out what Wikipedia will be like) do you think it will make similar sense for all number names up to quintillion to have articles of their own and for the larger names to be at an article titled Large number names in the English language?? 66.32.95.180 00:22, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
1969
Where did 1969 come from?? I always thought it was 1946 for all the bills. 66.245.110.24 13:45, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- 1946 is when the government stopped printing the large bills. 1969 is when it actually started withdrawing these bills from circulation. Funnyhat 22:44, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Billion dollar bill
Given that U.S. currency is well known internationally, it certainly is a good thing that the denominations don't go as high as a billion. Suppose there really was a billion dollar bill from the United States that got used internationally a lot. What would people say, given that "billion" means something different to them from what it does in the United States?? 66.245.121.84 17:07, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Ah, I don't think it'd get used much. Too hard to make change for it ; ). Funnyhat 22:47, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- Besides, in such a hypothetical case, you'd have the number 1,000,000,000 printed along with the words "One Billion Dollars" Nik42 09:30, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
Uh oh!
It appears that some information was dropped; namely who was on the $1000 bill during the time of the large-sized notes. Is there any way this can be added back in?? Also, all the articles of today's bills have a complete history; can anyone add the complete history of the larger bills?? Don't forget to use http://www.currencygallery.org as a reference tool. 66.245.14.250 00:29, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
So then..
If, conceivably, I DID have a $1000 bill, could i cash it in at a bank? Or are they like confederate money, worthless except to collectors? Rhymeless 22:08, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Yes, you can cash it in. They're still legal tender, but they've been on "permanent recall" since 1969, meaning whenever one comes across the window at a bank, the bank is supposed to send it in to the local branch of the Federal Reserve for redemption and shredding. --clawson
Gold illegal?
- "the gold standard was repealed and gold was made illegal to own"
Um, what? It's illegal to own gold in the United States? No it's not. What is this sentence meant to be about? —Rory ☺ 20:54, Sep 25, 2004 (UTC)
- no, but it was from 1933 to 1975 when the ownership of bullion was re-legalized.
see http://www.austincoins.com/confiscation.htm for a discussion. Rick Boatright 00:42, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Does that include gold jewellery and such, or was it just those big bricks you see in Goldfinger? —Rory ☺ 08:12, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)
Currency
How was it determined who face went on which bill?
big bills in movies
in movies there are often large sheets of paper with currency-looking markings and worth thousands of dollars each, like 8.5x11-size bills. are these real? they should be covered if so. the only specific movie i can think of is Panic Room. - Omegatron 01:55, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
- oh. "The two are after $22 million in bank bonds, which is stored inside the panic room."
Bummer
Anyone else think it's a bummer that it's illegal to own the $100,000 bill? I saw it and thought "If I become really rich, or win the lottery, I'm getting a $100,000 bill." I'd probably buy two. I'd keep one at home in a case, and the other in a wallet. I'd show the latter to people to impress them. That'd be so freakin' rocking. Stupid government.
--PirateMonkey
Beaten?
What's with the last paragraph. The woman was arrested and beaten? Say what?