1862: The first one-dollar bill was issued as a Legal Tender Note (United States Note) with a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury under President Abraham Lincoln.
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The largest current denomination is $100 USD. Although larger bills ($500, $1000, $5000, $10000) were issued in the past they are no longer printed and are destroyed by the Treasury when redeemed at a bank.
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There sure are, but don't expect to find a $500 bill the next time you make an ATM withdrawal. The Treasury announced on July 14, 1969, that it would quit issuing the $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 notes immediately, since the bills were so sparsely circulated. It's not like the Bureau of Engraving and Printing had to stop the presses, either; the bills hadn't seen an actual print run since 1945.
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The highest-denomination note ever printed was worth $100,000. The largest bill ever produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing was the $100,000 gold certificate. The currency notes were printed between December 18, 1934, and January 9, 1935, with the portrait of President Woodrow Wilson on the front. Don’t ask your bank teller for a $100,000 bill, though.
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United States 100,000 dollar banknote. The 100,000 dollar bill is a banknote of the United States that was printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1934 to 1935. It was never publicly circulated and was only used for transactions between Federal Reserve Banks.
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For the U.S. one-dollar coin, see United States dollar coin. The United States one-dollar bill ($1) is a denomination of United States currency. The first U.S. President (1789–97), George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart, is currently featured on the obverse (front), and the Great Seal of the United States is featured on the reverse.
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When the Treasury discontinued the bills, they rapidly fell out of circulation. However, a few are still lingering; as of May 2009, there were still 336 $10,000 bills at large. At the same time, Slate reported that there were also 342 $5,000 bills and 165,732 $1,000 bills still floating around.
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The $10,000 bill is the highest denomination ever circulated by the federal government. In spite of its value, it is adorned not with a portrait of a president but with that of Salmon P. Chase, treasury secretary at the time of the passage of the National Banking Act.
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Currently, the one hundred dollar bill is the highest denomination  printed.    At one time the US also issued $500, $1000, $5000, and $10,000  bills for general circ…ulation, and printed special $100,000 bills  for use by Federal Reserve banks. Printing was discontinued in  1945.
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highest treasury dollar bill ever printed
The largest bill ever produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing was the $100,000 gold certificate. The largest bill ever produced by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing was the $100,000 gold certificate.