Why is there nothing bigger than a $20?

And how come they don't make bills larger than $100's anymore while we are it? Even $10,000 worth of those is mighty thick wad.

I have seen a lot of businesses, particularly convenience stores that don't accept bills larger than $20's. I suspect that this is to reduce the chances of getting forgeries.

As for the clubs, I never carry anything larger than a $20 and the buldge from $500 worth of 20's is not that uncomfortable.

You have no checking account or savings account? How do you deal with your pay from work?

I NEVER have a problem getting $50 or $100 bills from a bank that I have an account with.

Wells Fargo gives me 100's without asking for ID. I think I've gotten them from BofA before too. The only placed that asked if I had an account was the SECU (state employees credit union). The only time I ever had an issue was on a Sunday and had to go to a couple of check cashing places to avoid carrying a wad of 20's and 50's. They were happy to oblige, but would only give me so many hundreds.

We're just not a cash society anymore. The banks and CC companies prefer the money is sitting with them and not in your pocket. Also cuts down on employee theft (at the lower levels) and makes keeping track of money a whole lot easier.

Additionally in the past American currency was ridiculously easy to counterfeit and we are really still behind the rest of the West in fixing that problem.

While I did not share his political philosophy, I believe the US Treasury should issue a $40.00 bill with a picture of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president. I did see an online item today that Chase and PNC ATMs will soon dispense $1s and $5s.

Money laundering is the reason that nothing larger than a Benji is now printed. Canada was pressured to withdraw its $1000 by the US government. The Pink (nickname of C$1000 bill) had become the bill of choice for drug dealers to move around large amounts of cash. Any C$1000 bill that now shows up at a bank is returned to the Bank of Canada to be destroyed. I miss the 'pinks'. I put a few of them in my safety deposit box in 2000 when the withdrawal was announced. I think I have just three remaining. They are nice gifts for goddaughters or nieces on important birthdays.

I don't know the current largest denomination note circulating in a respected currency. ChF500? 500Euro? Is there a ChF1000?.....I have never seen one, just the 500.

I believe I've seen a Swiss 1000 farmer.

I also saw that some ATMs will dispense denominations other than 20's, which will be helpful.

It's easier to design European ATMs to give out the different Euro bills because the bills are different sizes. The 100 > 50 > 20 > 10 > 5. You don't have to worry that the service man will accidentally put 100 Euro bills in the 5 Euro slot.

My bank has an ATM convienently located in Strip Town which can dispense $50's

Many Wells Fargo ATM's will dispense $50 notes.

@jester214,

I think you are right about the ChF1000. I have heard talk of them, just never seen one.

At Royal or TD machines in Canada you will receive 50s if you withdraw more than $200. Remember that the red C$50 is worth MORE than a Grant.

Who doesn't go to their own bank for money? I thought every person who has real money (not that chump change shit) uses their own bank (or a random street ATM) to withdraw and deposit money. Did I miss something in life?

Ufortuntely che, it comes down to the basics (at least for the young and up in coming), you need good credit to do a lot of things, like get mortgage, lease a car (good thing us black folk straight up buy cars), perhaps get condos. Those big things in life. Good thing, you don't need credit to rent an apartment. I wonder if my credit gets to a certain good level, I can do away with using them altogether

The ATM at one of the Council Bluffs, Iowa casinos will dispense $100 bills, so I imagine that's true for all casinos. I can also vouch for Wells Fargo dispensing $50 bills, although they're not my bank. I just wish the ATM at the convenience store I regularly visit didn't dispense only $10 bills.

I'm not a heavy drinker so most of my spending in a strip club is for dances. As a result, I usually carry a combination of 20s and 50s, but no 100s. For some reason, I prefer to give the strippers exact change for a VIP session rather than wait for them to provide change for a 100. By the way, larger denomination banknotes (500 and up) were discontinued in 1969.

Hand your $500 in $20 to me and I will hand you my $500 in $50 and $100 k dawg....welcome to the "First Bank Of Da' Juice"

Why are there still pennies?

I love spending 100s, it makes me feel like a baller.

Yeah....there is something to that, isn't there, dalex?

I once hit the Pick 6 at Stampede Park in Calgary and walked out of the track carrying $45K in thousand dollar bills burning a hole in my pocket. I felt much more of a 'player' that day than I did when I carried a nine figure cheque to the bank upon the sale of my company.

Another thing that makes me feel even more of a 'player' is to hit my stash of gold coins periodically and feel the erotic power of five 9 pure gold coins trickle through my fingers.

Maybe I'm living in the wrong place, or use the wrong bank. One time I tried to take out $8000 cash (staying under the $10K limit) for a trip and my bank acted like I was trying to rob them. Had to order the cash ahead of time and wait three days.

I once wiped my ass with a fidy....I felt like a baller then......I also.smacked a man....but I only felt like a pimp...not as fun :(

I have no problem getting 100s from my bank. But I'll also have to say that, if I have to hit the ATM on my way to a club, I don't really find it all that inconvenient to carry 5$5-600 in 20s.

Banks in my area will want to give you larger bills if you ask for a lot of cash. I have to ask for all twenties if I or others don't want larger bills. The ATM used to dispense 10's years ago as well as twenties. I miss that. I do not feel comfortable taking a hundred dollar bill to a strip club and asking for change. One club will only give it back in two dollar bills. With another club, I would want to count the change carefully to make sure whomever wasn't shorting me. If they did, would I want to file a police report if it went that far with my name and the club on the report? Depends on how angry I was. I know some would not if it was only a little bit short. They just might leave the club angry and cause the club to lose out.

Just use Chase. They'll give out $100's without a second glance.

shark,

You'd like GA some years ago. I stopped at an ATM early in the AM to get some cash before I arrived at a hotel in FL. Their ATM gave out cash in increments of $1.

art: "I don't know the current largest denomination note circulating in a respected currency... 500Euro? "

Euro is a respected currency? :-)

Back in 2001 I visited Turkey and the exchange rate at that time ( it has since been revalued) was like 1.2 MILLION Turkish Lira per US dollar. I still have a picture of me holding a 100 million lira note. Think that would have impressed a dancer?