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Pictures of Big Bills – $500, $1000, $5000, $10000
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In 1969, the Treasury Department and the Fed discontinued $500, $1000, $5000, $10000 and $100,000 bills (that bill above is real) because no one used them anymore though a new bill hadn’t been printed since 1945. The bills are all legitimate legal tender and still in circulation (except the $100,000, which was only used in “fiscal channels”) but most are owned by collectors. While you probably don’t really ever need any of these bills, you can see pictures of them Bureau of Engraving and Printing website but here, for your pleasure, I’ve linked to them directly.
- $500 Series 1918 Blue Seal
- $500 Series 1928 & 1934 Green Seal
- $1,000 Series 1918 Blue Seal
- $1,000 Series 1928 Green Seal
- $5,000 Series 1918 Green Seal
- $10,000 Series 1918 Green Seal
- $10,000 Series 1928, 1934, 1934A & 1934B Green Seal
- $100,000 Series 1934 Gold Certificate
I never knew that non-Presidents ever graced the face of ‘modern’ US Legal Tender until today (John Marshall was a Supreme Court Justice and Salmon P. Chase was a Secretary of the Treasury)… here are some other trivia tidbits:
- John Marshall (1918 Blue Seal) and William McKinley (1928 Green Seal) are on the $500 bill
- Alexander Hamilton (1918 Blue Seal) and Grover Cleveland (1928 Green Seal) are on the $1,000 bill
- James Madison is on the $5,000 bill
- Salmon P. Chase (Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 – 1864) is on the $10,000 bill
- Woodrow Wilson is on the $100,000 gold certificate, which was never put into circulation.
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Don’t forget Benjamin! Not a President.
Funny story about these bills. When I was a bank teller, I had a client making a $5000 cash withdrawal. “would you like it in large bills?” I asked. “Sure, give me four thousands, and the rest in hundreds,” he says. I had to explain to him that not only do we not have any thousand dollar bills, but they are not really in circulation anymore. He was very upset, and thought it was “ridiculous” that we didn’t have any thousands! “How am I supposed to carry all these hundreds?” he cried.
After he left we completed a suspicious currency transaction report on him. HAHA!
Shoot you’re right, old Ben Franklin was never a president…
Neither was Alexander Hamilton, face of the $10.
Wow, I’m an idiot.
That’s funny. If forgot about Hamilton too. Of the six major bills: 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100, one third are not former Presidents!
Now why don’t I ever get one of those $100,000 bills given to me as change by mistake?
wow that is impressive i wish i had one