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In the 1960s, Mad printed a $3 bill that featured a portrait of Alfred E. Neuman and read: "This is not legal tender—nor will a tenderizer help it." Mad writer Frank Jacobs said that the magazine ran afoul of the US Secret Service because the $3 bill was accepted by change machines at casinos. [4] The United States has never issued a million ...
The earliest (1861) federal banknotes included high-denomination notes such as three-year interest-bearing notes of $500, $1,000, and $5,000, authorized by Congress on July 17, 1861. [8] In total, 11 different types of U.S. currency were issued in high-denomination notes across nearly 20 different series dates.
The U.S. Dollar has numerous discontinued denominations, particularly high denomination bills, issued before and in 1934 in six denominations ranging from $500 to $100,000. Although still legal tender, most are in the hands of collectors and museums. The reverse designs featured
Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall appears on the obverse of the 1918 five-hundred-dollar bill. The note was a large-size bill measuring 8 cm (3.1 in) x 19 cm (7.5 in). [3] A new small-size 500 bill was issued in 1928 and 1934. The new version featured former president William McKinley's portrait. [4]
Jackson, whose face has been on the $20 bill since 1928, was a supporter of slavery who -- as some critics have pointed out -- did not believe the United States should use paper money.
In the future, there may be a new face on twenty dollar bills if Barbara Ortiz Howard and Susan Ades Stone have their way. The pair established the non-profit organization simply called Women on 20s.
The United States 10,000-dollar bill (US$10000) is an obsolete denomination of the United States dollar. The denomination was first issued in 1878 and the last series were produced in 1934. The were withdrawn from circulation after 1969. The $10,000 note was the highest denomination of US currency to be used by the public.
On July 14, 1969, the United States Department of the Treasury announced that all notes in denominations greater than US$100 would be discontinued. [1] Since 1969 banks are required to send any $1000 bill to the Department of the Treasury for destruction. [5] Collectors value the one-thousand-dollar bill with a gold seal. [6]