Quantity of U.S. currency ($100 bills)

[Stormfield]

I came across this article the other day.

A couple of questions occurred to me. How many $100 bills are printed by the U.S. mint each day, and, how much U.S. currency(in $100 bills) is in circulation at any one time?

[Azael]

The Federal Reserve would be the place to look.

lo and behold

4.21 billion $100 notes as of 2001

The site also has data about how many of each denomination has been printed over a series of years.

[friedo]

The US Mint makes coins. Bills are made by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

According to BEP:

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces 37 million notes a day with a face value of approximately $696 million.
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95% of the notes printed each year are used to replace notes already in circulation. 45% of the notes printed are $1 notes.
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From [and

As of July 31, 2000, of the $539,890,223,079 in total currency in worldwide circulation, $364,724,397,100 is in the $100 denomination.

From [url=“http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/94”]here](http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/106).

[MaryEFoo]

I’ve read that $100 bills are freely counterfeited in Russia among other places. Can anyone verify? [/hijack]