The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has pages explaining the designs
Currency straps are used to bind dollar (and other denomination) bills in stacks.
No. The largest denomination ever printed was $100,000.
A dollar bill (regardless of denomination) weighs 1 gram. Thus, a pound would contain 454 bills. If the bills in question are $20 bills, the dollar amount would be 20 x 454 = $9,080.00.
No. Some higher denomination bills have color-shifting ink with a tiny amount of metal in it, but no gold.
Two current ($10 and $100) and many older bills carried portraits of people who weren't presidents. There is no restriction on the portraits chosen for US banknotes. The choice is determined by the Treasury Department.
No. There were no 2005 series bills of any denomination.
Current US bills have a mass of approximately 1 gm regardless of denomination.
No major country issues $20,000 bills. The US and Canada have never printed that denomination.
No, all US bills regardless of denomination are the same size. This makes them easier to handle by machines.
No, distribution of all high denomination dollar bills was halted in 1969 in an effort to thwart their use in organized crime. Production of high-denomination ($500 and above) US bills ended in 1945 due to low demand. The last series was dated 1934 regardless of the year they were actually printed.
No, distribution of all high denomination dollar bills was halted in 1969 in an effort to thwart their use in organized crime. Production of high-denomination ($500 and above) US bills ended in 1945 due to low demand. The last series was dated 1934 regardless of the year they were actually printed.
Among currently circulating US currency, the only bills that do not have portraits of former Presidents on the front are the $10 bill (Alexander Hamilton, 1st Secretary of the Treasury) and the $100 bill (Benjamin Franklin, Diplomat and Signer of the Declaration of Independence). The $1, $2, $5, $20 and $50 bills all have portraits of former presidents.