The $10,000 bill

I wish I had a few of these hanging around

http://www.frbsf.org/currency/world/nocirc/1707fr.jpg

 

Or this ....

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://threesixty360.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/usdollar100000front.jpg&imgrefurl=http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/2009/05/page/2/&h=313&w=742&sz=110&tbnid=0GCvWjGRPbpyEM:&tbnh=59&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dphoto%2Bof%2Ba%2B%2524100,000%2Bbill&usg=__-661V1tnKdi1hfNaRPz109_SfoI=&ei=51hJS_uZHovmM_aQzZAJ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&ved=0CA4Q9QEwAA

 

I've got one of these on my Shelf of Odd Political Stuff, along with the Bill Clinton pencil sharpener (don't ask where you stick the pencil) and the Reagan & Gorbachev boxing puppets, among (my wife says) far too many others.

 

My father was a bank president; I've actually held a $10,000 bill in my hands.

 

If hyperinflationists are correct, it might only buy you a cup of coffee eventually.

 

This is nice, but try buying a gallon of milk with it.

 

I'm sorry until Bruce posted I was sure this was a joke, there is really a 10,000 dollar bill? Or am I being gullible.

Anyway, who's face is on that I wonder....

 

Its real... Salmon P. Chase (no kidding) is the on the $10,000 bill.
I'd rather have a few stacks of the $100,000 bill, with Woody Wilson on it.

Wikipedia Linky

 

I guess it makes sense, a 100 dollar denomination is a bit small for truly large transactions.

 

That is unbelievable. According to wikipedia, a 100,000 dollar bill would currently equal over $1.5 million.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_denominations_of_United_States_currency

Anyone care to become an instant trillionaire. In Zimbabwe there are many billionaires

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hundred_billion_dollars_and_eggs.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7832601.stm

 

Touche.

My dad told me the $10,000 bills were used for transactions between banks (pre-computers), and the $100,000 bills were only exchanged between Federal Reserve Banks. No actual person ever had a $100,000 bill.