# Person on the most money

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 16, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-on-the-most-money/585739 "2011-06-16T20:26:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-on-the-most-money/585739/21 "2011-06-17T12:51:44Z")

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But nowadays (and for quite a few years) we have been first a cheque society then a creditcard/debit card society. An interesting anecdote, when I paid a tour company for a tour of Lhasa, I paid them via credit card. When we checked out of our hotel, the guide paid the hotel bill of several hundred dollars (rooms included in tour) from a huge wad of 100-yuan ($16 or so) notes. I got the impression that most transactions in China are cash except the very western-tourist oriented (??) ones. Various entities probably don’t trust each other to pay later, or use bank instruments to settle debts. That would imply a _ **huge** _ amount of cash in circulation compared to western countries. Whether it can compete with Elizabeth’s immense back catalog of hits, I don’t know.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-on-the-most-money/585739/22 "2011-06-17T23:50:06Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> A quick check of my US paper money book says about 100+million $1 notes from 1928-1999. And, sure, there have been massive amounts produced since 1999, but even if you double my first number, I don’t think you beat the cent production.
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> example–between 1982 and 1995, over 150 billion cents produced.

BIG correction to what I posted this AM. There were 100+ **Billion** $1 notes produced 1928-1999. So, let’s increase that to $200 billion in history.

Quarters produced since 1932 with Washington’s portrait-----about 75 billion, near as I can figure.

So, Washington on 200 billion notes, plus 75 billion quarters.

Total of 275 billion cents produced with Lincoln just since 1960. Lincoln would win.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-on-the-most-money/585739/23 "2011-06-18T13:29:57Z")

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Sorry, but I have to go with Simon Bolivar.

I think every country in South/Central America have him on some notes, many have him on all their notes. And since the currencies are/have been often devalued, there are lots, and lots of notes. It takes a boatload of notes to pay your hotel bill in some countries!

I’m not sure, but I suspect, he could give Lizzy a run for her money!😃

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