# 1,000 doller bills **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 13, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159 "2001-10-13T00:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Infidel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@Infidel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infidel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/1 "2001-10-13T00:06:28Z")
Does anyone know if there are any 1,000 dollar bills available to the public? If so, where can I get one? ---
**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/2 "2001-10-13T00:10:16Z")
No. Anything greater then a $100 bill is for government transactions only. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/3 "2001-10-13T00:31:52Z")
Most good sized coin shops either stock or can get them for you. Expect to pay $1200 and up, depending on condition. A $1200 specimen will be pretty circulated. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/4 "2001-10-13T00:39:49Z")
I know for a fact that 1000 dollar bills are available to the general public. Also, 1961 dollar bills are worth almost $2000 these days. Here’s the real answer from the money factory itself : [http://www.moneyfactory.com/section.cfm/5/42](http://www.moneyfactory.com/section.cfm/5/42) (Yes, that really is the domain name of the Bureau of Engraving & Printing) ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/5 "2001-10-13T00:44:46Z")
Panama Jack… notice the series on those bills on your link… also notice this… > [@](#): > > Currency notes of denominations above $100 are not available from the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve System, or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. On July 14, 1969, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System announced that currency notes in denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 would be discontinued immediately due to lack of use. Although they were issued until 1969, they were last printed in 1945. Those are collecters bills…not really for circulation. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/6 "2001-10-13T00:50:54Z")
The 1000-dollar note is being [withdrawn](http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/faq.htm#23). Not that anyone is going to miss it… I’ve only seen two, both behind glass at coin dealers. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/7 "2001-10-13T01:41:20Z")
Any US currency that was ever printed or minted is still valid at its face value. You could, if you wanted, spend a 1888 $20 gold piece and get $20 worth of merchandise. You’d be crazy to do so because it’s worth much, much more than that. Likewise, a bank would have to accept your deposit of a $1000 bill and credit you with $1000. Haj ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/8 "2001-10-13T01:48:32Z")
Any US currency that was ever printed or minted is still valid at its face value. You could, if you wanted, spend a 1888 $20 gold piece and get $20 worth of merchandise. You’d be crazy to do so because it’s worth much, much more than that. Likewise, a bank would have to accept your deposit of a $1000 bill and credit you with $1000. Haj ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/9 "2001-10-13T04:01:58Z")
I’m sure [Monty Hall](http://www.letsmakeadeal.com/) has a few hanging around somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![fandango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@fandango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fandango)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/10 "2001-10-13T05:49:09Z")
I think a large part of the reason they were discontinued is because it was easy to launder money with big bills. A brief case full of twenties was just a wallet full of $1,000 (or $10,000)s. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/11 "2001-10-13T19:09:44Z")
I think Canada has stopped issuing them as well, but I remember back in 96 for Christmas each of us 3 kids got a 1000$ bill. It was what my parents had decided to give to us from my grandfather’s inheritance. Anyways, my mother had to go to the bank and order them specifically, because most banks didn’t have any, let alone 3. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-doller-bills/87159/12 "2001-10-14T00:56:31Z")
> [@](#): > > I think Canada has stopped issuing them as well, but I remember back in 96 for Christmas each of us 3 kids got a 1000$ bill. What’s that in real money? About $15. US? D: