how many us dollars exist
@chris: I believe the term âin circulationâ refers to all of the money the US treasury has printed minus the dollars that have been taken out of circulation. So $829 billion is the amount of money in circulation and banks. Which really puts a perspective on the $700 billion bailout plan. According to Allies link: As of December 2007, currency in circulationâthat is, U.S. coins and paper currency in the hands of the public âtotaled about $829 billion dollars.