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<p>[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 1903505, member: 16729"]It's so interesting how smaller denomination bills (or, it seems, a collection of smaller-denomination bills that make up a large total) have a higher fiat value(?) than the same amount in large-denomination notes. I guess it has to do with the actual demand of small notes for smaller-value transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I've heard about the uncirculated notes thing, too. I had a co-worker from Russia who lived there in the 90s and said the same thing: He said that back then he once had a heck of a time trying to spend an (almost) perfectly mint US five-dollar bill. The problem: Nobody would take it because it had a crease down the middle from being folded(!)</p><p><br /></p><p>And what's with the TWO dollar bills I find outside of the USA? The only time I have EVER come across a Two is when I travel outside of the USA. Because they're unpopular in the U.S, they get unloaded overseas?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 1903505, member: 16729"]It's so interesting how smaller denomination bills (or, it seems, a collection of smaller-denomination bills that make up a large total) have a higher fiat value(?) than the same amount in large-denomination notes. I guess it has to do with the actual demand of small notes for smaller-value transactions. And I've heard about the uncirculated notes thing, too. I had a co-worker from Russia who lived there in the 90s and said the same thing: He said that back then he once had a heck of a time trying to spend an (almost) perfectly mint US five-dollar bill. The problem: Nobody would take it because it had a crease down the middle from being folded(!) And what's with the TWO dollar bills I find outside of the USA? The only time I have EVER come across a Two is when I travel outside of the USA. Because they're unpopular in the U.S, they get unloaded overseas?[/QUOTE]
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