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| Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote ---strange seems most people here in the US think there is a bill larger then a $100.00 bill. There is no such bill made --- End quote --- My friend bought a computer at Wal-mart in the early nineties with a $1,000 bill. You should've seen the cashier's face. Management was QUICKLY called, but we told them to call the bank he got it from and they confirmed it as real. President Nixon ordered all bills over $100 to be pulled from circulation in 1969. You can, however, still get ahold of certain bills if you want them. |
| daywane:
never knew that. I really thought $100.00 was the largest ever made :dunno |
| Ginsu Victim:
Straight from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_denominations_of_United_States_currency The high-denomination bills were issued in a small size in 1929, along with the $1 through $100 denominations. Their designs were as follows: * The $500 bill featured a portrait of William McKinley * The $1,000 bill featured a portrait of Grover Cleveland * The $5,000 bill featured a portrait of James Madison * The $10,000 bill featured a portrait of Salmon P. Chase * The $100,000 bill featured a portrait of Woodrow Wilson |
| Jdurg:
Those massive bills were used quite frequently, but only for inter-bank transactions where it was easier to pass over a few $100,000 bills as opposed to massive amounts of other bills. This was also before the electronic age we're in today came into existence. |
| Turnarcades:
Building a functional coin dispenser is probably a bridge too far. Whereas building a video arcade is easy now due to the majority of solutions needed being electronic, coin dispensers, grabber, pinball and fruit machines all involve mechanical moving parts, which are usually all custom-made in-house by the respective manufacturers for use in a specific machine. I'd recommend just scouring ebay for a second-hand unit or going to a second-hand vendor for an ex-arcade unit. |
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