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After the Federal Reserve System was created in 1914, alongside Federal Reserve Notes, which are liabilities of the Federal Reserve System as a whole, Federal Reserve Bank Notes were issued. They were liabilities of only the Federal Reserve Bank which issued them. In 1929, like other kinds of notes they switched to small size.
On July 14, 1969, the United States Department of the Treasury announced that all notes in denominations greater that US$100 would be discontinued. [1] Since 1969 banks are required to send any $5000 bill to the Department of the Treasury for destruction. [2] Examples of the note have become valuable among collectors.
A one-dollar bill, the most common Federal Reserve Note . Federal Reserve Notes are the currently issued banknotes of the United States dollar. [1] The United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces the notes under the authority of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 [2] and issues them to the Federal Reserve Banks at the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. [2]
The legislation provided for a system that included a number of regional Federal Reserve Banks and a seven-member governing board. All national banks were required to join the system and other banks could join. Congress created Federal Reserve notes to provide the nation with an elastic supply of currency.
Bañuelos-Connally: 1969C $1 Federal Reserve Note, 1969B $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 Federal Reserve Notes. Bañuelos-Shultz: 1969D $1 Federal Reserve Note, 1969C $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 Federal Reserve Notes. Neff-Simon: 1974 $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 Federal Reserve Notes, 1976 $2 Federal Reserve Note.
Federal Reserve Bank Notes are no longer issued; the only U.S. banknotes still in production since 1971 are the Federal Reserve Notes. Large size Federal Reserve Bank Notes were first issued in 1915 in denominations of $5, $10, and $20, using a design that shared elements with both the National Bank Notes and the Federal Reserve Notes of the time.
Beginning in July 1969, the Federal Reserve began removing high-denomination currency from circulation and destroying any large bills returned by banks. [11] As of May 30, 2009 [update] , 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).
1950: Many minor aspects on the obverse of the $5 Federal Reserve Note were changed. Most noticeably, the treasury and Federal Reserve seals and the gray word FIVE , were made smaller. 1953: New $5 United States Notes and Silver Certificates were issued with a gray numeral 5 on the left side of the bill and the gray FIVE with a blue seal ...