Talk:United States dollar/BankNotes

message: I know this isn't a truly appropriate question for a Talk page (delete if you must), but why are the Swiss franken so beautiful? Compared to say, the United States Dollar. This blog touched on this question. Even the Zimbabwean dollar is in color. The 50 and 20 bill have some redeeming features, but overall the US currency is very bland. Is there a reason for this? ALTON .ıl 05:07, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beauty 

message: This is bull. How many years has it been since the White people have been on Dollar Bills? 2008, Abraham Lincolns 5 Dollar Bill is going to get pimped and nothing for the Black People?
Martin Luther King should be on a $ 40.00
Details:
Front, The Picture when Martin Luther King looks at the Camera crossing his arms.
Back, His Family (Coretta Scott King with Denise, Martin, Dexter and Bernice and Dr. Kings Childhood House he grew up in)
Malcolm X should be on a $ 60.00
Front, The Picture when Malcolm X Points at his Head.
Back, The Picture of the Church where He got Shot at (The Ballroom).
Rosa Parks should be on a $ 70.00
Front, Any Picture, we got to vote for one.
Back, Either Her House or The Bus she was sitting in.
:There is no strategic reason to create a 40, 60, or 70 note. Black people have been recognized on federal notes. Here is the article, African Americans on Currency. There is possible room for a coin series. They are about to do a "dead president" series of dollar coins, maybe they will do a civil rights and womans suffrage series. Killer Swath 23:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is, however, a need to utilize $2 bill and $1 coin more. Remove the penny, change quarter to 20 cent, utilize 50 cent fully. It saves your tax money! --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 00:23, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Black People On Bills

message: Reading the bit about the introduction of new coloured bills - for how long will the old ones remain valid? - MPF 16:06, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: American currency remains valid at face value forever. - knoodelhed 05:28, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks; got the impression the old style were being withdrawn because of the ease of conterfeiting them - MPF 11:45, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The notes are technically valid indefinitely, but paper currency degrades a LOT with repeated handling. It is likely that the older styles of bill will become more and more rare as time passes. This doesn't, unfortunately, stop the problem of it being possible to create many Series 1990 $20 bills, screw them up a bit and pass them off with the excuse "I just found these" or similar. :( RDevz 22:25, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: New & old $20 notes

message: Banknotes  
Frequently used  $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
Rarely used  $2
I think the $50 should be added to the rarely used section. It is never given as change, and is not commonly used. The $20 and the $100 are much more common. 
Jamesinclair 19:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I grew up in a place where everything is frequently used. It was surprising to me when I first knew that $50 and $100 notes are not really used in Americans' daily life. --Chochopk 21:06, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would also call the 100 frequently used. People get them everytime they cash thier checks, or to go on a trip, or out for the night.  Joe  I 21:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I guess my bar is a little different than you guys'. 7% may seem like a high number. But more $100 bills are used internatioanally, relative to smaller bills. Of course, if you go to a bank, you can get $100, $50, $2, $1 coin, and 50 cent coin. But I would still consider them "rare" in terms of daily usage. When an average American wants to buy a piece of electronic that is worth a few hundred dollars from a physical store, is it more common to pay with credit/debit card, or with a few hundred-dollar bills, or with, or with a stack of $20 bills taken from an ATM? Another important factor for higher valued notes for me is whether or not they are given by ATM. I would like to draw an analogy with Icelandic króna, where ATMs dispense 500, 1000, and 5000 króna notes, making 2000 krónur "rarely used". --Chochopk 01:21, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In my experience as a cashier, anything paid in cash over about $200 or so is likely to include at least one $50 or $100 bill.  Yes, I've seen large numbers of $20's used (just today, I had a customer pay with 37 $20 bills), but it's not as common as using $100's.  Of course, most people will use electronic payments for that, but still, I'd say $50's and $100's are not "rarely used", at least among those segments of the population that use cash for large transactions Nik42 09:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

text: If I pay $23 of goods with a single $100 bill, what is the probability that the cashier will return me $50 + $20 + $5 + $2 and what is the probability that the cashier will return me $20 * 3 + $10 + $5 + $1 * 2? May I ask what is your definition of "rare". --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 20:57, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Template talk:Infobox Currency has a detail guide line. Just search "Frequent v.s. rare" to get to it quickly. I have a question for Orange Mike. In the same 8-hour shift, how many $20 bills do you take? When you say 12-20, is it a combined figure for $50 and $100? What would you answer for the question that I raised about $23 and change. If the change is $7x (seventy something), how likely is it you give the $70 as $50 + $20 (2 bills), and how likely is it that you give $20 * 3 + $10 (4 bill). IMHO, only if the first combination is higher than 50%, $50 would qualify as frequently used. 2 bills is the only natural choice over 4 bill if $50 is at abundance. If ATMs don't give these denominations, people would have to go to a bank in person to get it. How often do you go to an ATM in a month, and how often do you go to a bank in a month? --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 23:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem, as it so often does, lies partly in the creation of false dualisms; the old excluded middle. Twenties? 40-70 per shift. The figure is combined for $50 and $100. I'd give them a $50 and a $20, always. I never go to ATMs, and to my credit union about 6/times a month. If I'm getting $100 or more, my C.U. always puts $50s in the mix, and $100s if the sum is big enough. I'd say put the $50 and $100 in neither class.--Orange Mike 00:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you suggesting putting everything in one row, ambiguating this question? I'd like to hear the opinions of others before making change. If the article (which is a somewhat high profile article) is in this state for a long time, that must mean many editors implicitly approved. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 00:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rarity of $50 bill