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Today, U.S. Currency contains bills in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.
Until 1946, however, it contained several larger denominations. They are:
- $500 bill: Had William McKinley
- $1000 bill: Had Alexander Hamilton from 1918 to 1928, and Grover Cleveland from 1928 to 1946
- $5000 bill: Had James Madison
- $10,000 bill: Had Salmon Chase
- $100,000 bill: Had Woodrow Wilson (This bill was never put into circulation.)
Differences
Some differences between today's bills and these large bills are:- These bills have not been printed since 1946.
- On today's bills, the backs have special designs; on these bills, there are just ornamental designs of their denominations.
- They had the words "Will pay to bearer on demand" before their denominations.
- Today's bills say "This note is legal tender for all debts; public and private", but the larger bills had extra text added to this sentence.
