High Denominations

            It wasn’t too long ago that the United States was printing notes that were higher than $100, a lot higher.  In  fact, up until the mid 40’s high denomination notes were printed (would have had a Series date of 1934).  These  notes ranged from $500 up to $100,000.  The lower the high denomination (oxymoron?) the more common and  less expensive it is, although all of them still hold a premium.  The one’s that hold the most premium however, are  those that are gold certificates.  One thing to keep in mind, is that the last two highest denominations, although  available as a gold certificate, were typically used for bank transfers and it’s unlikely that one exists in private  hands (http://highdenomination.com/HighDenoms.asp).  Lastly, the people listed under portrait are for small size  notes.

            Here’s a bit of info on each one: 

 
            If you’re wondering about the $100,000 note, it was only used between Federal Bank transfers (in fact,  instead of saying “payable to the bearer on demand” it says “payable to the bearer on demand as authorized by  law”), and was only printed from December 1934 – January 1935!   (http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/currency/denominations.shtml#q2)

 For more information check out this website: http://www.highdenomination.com/index_content.asp