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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drago the Wolf, post: 1082664, member: 22476&quot;]Well, they kept Thomas Jefferson on the $2 bill when they reissued it, so, do you think William McKinley stands a chance to keep his place on the $500 bill if it is reissued? I hope they keep him. I also hope they keep the big 500 in the oval on the reverse, just like the old $500 bills, but I have a feeling that, like the Jefferson $2 bill reverse, they would probably change the McKinley $500 bill reverse as well to something &quot;better&quot; but believe it or not, the $500 bill&#039;s reverse is my favorite design of all U.S. coins and currency. I know it sounds strange, since there are so many other designs that most people like, and there is not much to the $500 bill&#039;s reverse&#039;s design, but I just love that oval with the stylish oval with the 500 in it with the middle zero in the 500 slightly bigger than the five and other zero.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I talked with a BEP customer service worker on the phone a while back, and asked if they thought the new $100 bills would be released this year or not, due to the error bills, and she said &quot;I&#039;m not sure, thats not up to me. Thats up to the printers of the currency, but I would say there is a chance of it being this year&quot; and I asked her &quot;One more thing. I know that this is a long shot, but with the growing demand for $100 bills and inflation, and the fact that I read a Congressional testimony back in 1998 that stated reissuing the $500 bill was not on the planning boards yet, but was &quot;on the radar acreen&quot; and &quot;not a front burner item, but definately on the top of the stove&quot; do you think that the Treasury might reissue the $500 bill in the fairly near future?&quot; and she said &quot;Well, judging by what you said, I would say that there is a definate possibility, but the reissue of the $500 bill would be a little ways off due to the current problems with the new $100 bills and we would need to print a lot of new $100 bills first, and feel free to call every month or so to check on the status of the new $100 bill&#039;s possible release date&quot; And I told her, &quot;Wow! Thanks for giving me the go ahead to call and ask the status of the new $100 bill&#039;s release date every so often&quot; and she said &quot;No problem&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, maybe there is still a chance for new $500 bills to be issued. I think I am going to stop advocating the $1,000 bill for now, and only advocate the $200 bill if the $500 bill does in fact, get reissued. No point in advocating $200 bills until they are needed to help make change for $500 bills and once the government starts saving money by printing $500s, there would have to be an act to Congress for the $200 bill due to the fact that the U.S. government has never been authorized to print a $200 denomination, and would have to authorize it, however, $500s and $1,000s (as well as $5,000s and $10,000s) can still be printed, should the Secretary of the Treasury or Federal Reserve order them. However, I have heard and read that the Secretary and/or the Fed would likely consult Congress before reissuing any large denominations of U.S. currency. I don&#039;t understand why though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I wish I knew someone high up in the Federal Reserve, who I could get to order some $500 bills, because, according to law, if the Fed orders $500 bills, or any authorized denomination for that matter, the Treasury MUST instruct the BEP to print these bills and they MUST be provided to the Fed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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