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The United States five-hundred-dollar bill (US$500) (1861–1945) is an obsolete denomination of United States currency. It was printed by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) beginning in 1861 and ending in 1945. Since 1969 banks are required to send $500 bills to the United States Department of the Treasury for destruction.
Individual portraits of 53 people central to the history of the United States are depicted on the country's banknotes [1] [nb 1] including presidents, cabinet members, members of Congress, Founding Fathers, jurists, and military leaders.
As of May 30, 2009, only 336 $10,000 bills were known to exist, along with 342 $5,000 bills, 165,372 $1,000 bills and fewer than 75,000 $500 bills (of over 900,000 printed). [12] [13] Due to their rarity, collectors pay considerably more than the face value of the bills to acquire them, and some are in museums in other parts of the world.
Once upon a time, though, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 and $100,000 bills were in circulation. After the last printing of those denominations in 1945, the Treasury Department and the Federal ...
The $500 bill hasn’t been printed since 1945 and was pulled out of circulation about 50 years ago. The Biggest Bills: $5,000, $10,000 and $100,000.
500 00 Obverse 1992 Roberto Duarte Silva: 1837–1889 Chemist 500 00 Obverse 2007 Jorge Barbosa: 1902–1971 Poet 500 00 Obverse 2015 António Aurélio Gonçalves: 1901–1984 Writer, critic, historian and professor 1,000 00 Obverse 2007 Codé di Dona: 1940–2010 Musician and composer 1,000 00 Obverse 2014 Eugénio Tavares: 1867–1930 Poet ...
Like $500 bills, 1928 $5,000 bills are scarcer than 1934s and, according to Old Currency Values, there are only under two dozen 1928s known to exist. Even the A $5,000 bill can be purchased ...
The denominations issued were $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. The $1, $2, $500 and $1,000 notes were only issued in large size until 1882. The $1 and $2 notes are common from most issuing banks. Only three remaining examples of the $500 note are known, with one held privately; the $1,000 note is unknown to exist.