A customer and I got into a discussion about currency. It got me to wondering what is the largest denomination of currency printed?

I thought I had read about a "million" dollar bill printed at one time... who's picture was on that?

Julie

Assuming you meant US currency, the largest bill listed by the Treasury for circulation was $10,000 with Sammuel Chase's picture.
http://www.moneyfactory.com/section.cfm/5/42

There is another reference to $100,000 bills (6 left) used originally for transfer between banks with Wilson's picture. These were never in general circulation.

http://www.frbsf.org/currency/world/nocirc/m2.html

Is there a $10,000.00 bill and what is the largest bill ever made?

See previous post. Another link to the $100,000 Wilson bill.

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Banker Frank

The US Treasury printed a $100,000 bill, however, it was only used for government transactions and illegal to own.

I once gave a quiz at the end of a Fair Lending presentation, where the "bonus" question was: Whose image appears on the $1,000 dollar bill? (G. Cleveland was my answer). I also got asked this same question about the largest denomination. (Salmon P. Chase, Treasury Sec'y under Lincoln) Isn't this the guy that founded Chase Manhattan Bank? Or is that urban legend? Inquiring minds want to know!

Mr. Chase was, among other things, Secretary of the Treasury under President Lincoln. He championed the National Banking and Currency Acts in the 1860's. He resigned in 1864, and Lincoln appointed him Chief Justice of the Supreme Court later that year. He presided over the impeachment trial of Andrew Jackson.

He was not a founder of Chase Manhattan Bank, although Chase National Bank, one of its predecessors, was named for him (according to Answers.com).

According to a Q&A on Treasury's website, Chase's portrait appears on the $10,000 bill, which was the largest denomination formerly in circulation. Woodrow Wilson's likeness, however, appeared on the $100,000 note, which never circulated, but was used in inter-bank settlements.