When was the last time 500 dollar bills were in circulation?

July 14, 1969
On July 14, 1969, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System announced that currency notes in denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 would be discontinued immediately due to lack of use. Although they were issued until 1969, they were last printed in 1945.

What is the largest US bill?

$10,000 bill
The $10,000 bill featuring the portrait of President Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, was the highest denomination US currency ever to publicly circulate.

Is there a $200 bill in circulation?

Although there is no $200 bill in circulation, never mind one with George Bush’s picture on it, the cashier at the Fashion Bug in Hempfield Township, Pa., accepted the bill for some clothes and handed the woman about $100 in change. This wasn’t the first time a fake $200 ‘Bush’ bill has been accepted by a cashier.

Is the 500 dollar bill still in circulation?

First printed in 1780, it was one of a small number of large denomination U.S. bills in existence, with the others being the $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, and $100,000 dollar bills. Although the $500 bill was taken out of circulation in 1969, it is still considered legal tender and can be used in day-to-day transactions.

When did they stop printing the 1000 dollar bill?

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.

When did the u.s.stop using 500 dollar notes?

On July 14, 1969, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System announced that currency notes in denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 would be discontinued immediately due to lack of use.

When did the US take large denominations of currency out of circulation?

The Federal Reserve began taking high-denomination currency out of circulation (destroying large bills received by banks) in 1969. As of May 30, 2009, only 336 $10,000 bills were known to exist; 342 remaining $5,000 bills; and 165,372 remaining $1,000 bills.