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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 442774, member: 4626&quot;]They are... every piece of paper money the US government (or Federal Reserve) ever issued is still legal tender (gold and silver certficiates are no longer redeemable for gold and silver... but are still legal tender at their face value).&nbsp; The Fed is likely to destroy any $500 and higher bills that goes back to them, but they are still legal tender.&nbsp; (It&#039;s not too likely people would deposit these, but it does happen on rare ocassions).</p><p><br /></p><p>The $100,000 gold certificate though was never issued to the general public and was only designed for large cash transers between Federal Reserve banks.&nbsp; None are in private hands, and it is not legal to privately own.&nbsp; The few surviving ones are in various museums (for example, the Smithsonian).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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