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$100 bills are still made, though you're right that there may be reluctance to accept them. There were bills much larger than $100 at one time, but those were
by Turing_Machine 4y ago
$100 bills are still made, though you're right that there may be reluctance to accept them.
There were bills much larger than $100 at one time, but those were mainly used for things like, e.g. settling accounts between banks in the days before electronic transfers. The largest ever made was a $100,000 gold certificate.
- thriftwy 4y agoNot only they are made but they are a staple of savings and exchange in a range of countries from Argentine all the way to North Korea.
- adventured 4y agoAll major retailers - that includes Target, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, Costco, Kroger, BestBuy - will accept $100 bills. They might occasionally get annoyed at needing to request change, to break the $100, from a floor manager. The parent comment is wrong on that point.
- aidenn0 4y agoI didn't say "most" I said "many" The only one of the places you listed that I visit regularly is CVS. Branch out from the large chains and see "No $100 bills accepted" or "No bills larger than $20 accepted" signs.
- wincy 4y agoOne of the reasons places like that can accept these bills is they aggressively pursue counterfeiters and have the budget to do so. Like having a security team. They don’t just “take the L” if they get a counterfeit bill. When I was security at Target the most exciting thing I did was work with the Secret Service (who are also responsible for catching counterfeiters) who would come from their downtown office and pick up the counterfeit bills we’d sometimes receive. Oddly enough for awhile we were getting counterfeit $5 bills. We wouldn’t catch those until we put it into the money counting/scanning machine at night in the safe room, though.