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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1358013, member: 11668&quot;]Exactly (except that the last high-denomination bills were actually in the 12-subject era).&nbsp; Concerns about money laundering or drug trafficking are one reason why we&#039;re not likely to see these denominations come back any time soon, but they&#039;re not the reason why they were discontinued in the first place.&nbsp; Those issues weren&#039;t nearly as big in 1969 as they later became.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the &#039;80s, there was actually a proposal in Congress to discontinue the $100 and perhaps $50 denominations, because of their heavy use by the criminal element.&nbsp; Obviously it didn&#039;t pass, but still, it&#039;s probably what made so many people think the $500+ were killed off for the same reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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