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The largest bill you can get in the US from a bank is now $100. Until 1945 the US printed $500, $1000, $5000, and $10,000 bills for general circulation; there was also a special $100,000 bill made in 1934 and 1935 for transfers between Federal Reserve banks.

Distribution of high-value bills was halted in July 1969 by presidential order in an effort to combat their use in criminal activities.

If there are any high-value bills in circulation they are still legal tender, but banks will take them out of circulation when they get them. If you have one it's probably worth more to a collector, so it would be much better to sell it privately versus taking it to a bank which is only allowed to exchange it at face value.

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