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.
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.
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!