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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 963497, member: 6229"]<p style="text-align: center"><b><i><u><font size="4">USA's Largest Denomination Paper Currency</font></u></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">The largest denomination of USA currency ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was the <b><i>$100,000 Series 1934 Gold Bank Transfer Note </i></b>featuring the portrait of President Wilson. These notes were printed from December 18, 1934 through January 9, 1935 and were issued by the Treasurer of the United States to Federal Reserve Banks only against an equal amount of gold bullion on deposit with the Treasury Department. The notes were used only for official transactions between Federal Reserve Banks and were not circulated among the general public.</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Want to see a Photo of one?</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">(photo courtesy of FRBSF's American Currency Exhibit webSite)</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/world/bankxfer/m2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/world/bankxfer/m2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.frbsf.org/currency/world/bankxfer/m2.html</a></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Here's a bit more "trivia" about the $100,000 Bank Transfer Note:</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">The $100,000 bill was released only as a Gold Certificate so designated within the overprint of the seal reading:</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"></p><p></font><p style="text-align: center"></p><p></font><p style="text-align: center"><b><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">GOLD</font></font></font></font></b><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"></font></font><font size="2">THIS CERTIFICATE IS LEGAL TENDER</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="2">IN THE AMOUNT THEREOF IN PAYMENT OF ALL</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="2">DEBTS AND DUES, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE</font><font size="3">.</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><font face="Verdana"><font size="5">CERTIFICATE</font></font></font></font></b></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="5"></font></font><font size="4">As you've already probably deduced, the bottom word "<b>CERTIFICATE</b>" is curved and not straight. </font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"> Printed in the series of 1934. Today it is equal to $1,620,000 in 2010 dollars. It featured Woodrow Wilson on the front and a gold back that said $100,000. There is one on display at the Smithsonian Museum of American History</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Thought you should know...</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Clinker</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 963497, member: 6229"][CENTER][B][I][U][SIZE=4]USA's Largest Denomination Paper Currency[/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [B][I][U][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [/CENTER] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]The largest denomination of USA currency ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was the [B][I]$100,000 Series 1934 Gold Bank Transfer Note [/I][/B]featuring the portrait of President Wilson. These notes were printed from December 18, 1934 through January 9, 1935 and were issued by the Treasurer of the United States to Federal Reserve Banks only against an equal amount of gold bullion on deposit with the Treasury Department. The notes were used only for official transactions between Federal Reserve Banks and were not circulated among the general public.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Want to see a Photo of one?[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman](photo courtesy of FRBSF's American Currency Exhibit webSite)[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][URL]http://www.frbsf.org/currency/world/bankxfer/m2.html[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Here's a bit more "trivia" about the $100,000 Bank Transfer Note:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]The $100,000 bill was released only as a Gold Certificate so designated within the overprint of the seal reading:[/FONT][/SIZE] [CENTER][/CENTER][/SIZE][CENTER][/center][/FONT][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=5][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=5]GOLD[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2]THIS CERTIFICATE IS LEGAL TENDER[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]IN THE AMOUNT THEREOF IN PAYMENT OF ALL[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]DEBTS AND DUES, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE[/SIZE][SIZE=3].[/SIZE] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=5][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=5]CERTIFICATE[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=5][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=4]As you've already probably deduced, the bottom word "[B]CERTIFICATE[/B]" is curved and not straight. [/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman] Printed in the series of 1934. Today it is equal to $1,620,000 in 2010 dollars. It featured Woodrow Wilson on the front and a gold back that said $100,000. There is one on display at the Smithsonian Museum of American History[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Thought you should know...[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Clinker[/FONT][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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