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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1372730, member: 66&quot;]Actually the &quot;rich and famous&quot; rarely carry much cash at all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wht?&nbsp; You could seldom do anything with them until you break them back down into smaller denominations, and that will usually require a second trip to the bank.&nbsp; I&#039;d think I would rather take the inconvenience of carrying five pieces of paper than having to make a special trip back to the bank to change my one piece of paper into five pieces so I could go to the store.&nbsp; And I still end up having to have the five pieces, so having the $500 note hasn&#039;t helped at all. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You are probably right.&nbsp; But back in 1970 almost no one used $100 in their daily activities either.&nbsp; Don&#039;t get me wrong, with the falling value of the dollar eventually the $500&nbsp; and the $1000 will become needed, but not yet.&nbsp; When taking your wife and two kids out to McDonalds is costing $50 then the $500 would probably be a good thing, but we aren&#039;t there yet.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Has been since 1866.&nbsp; That was the year the Mint officially went metric.&nbsp; And it was official.&nbsp; It was included in the legislation that created the nickel five cent piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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