# Why are there no bills large than a $100 bill?

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**Created:** [December 28, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-bills-large-than-a-100-bill/565641 "2010-12-28T20:00:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-bills-large-than-a-100-bill/565641/3 "2010-12-28T20:04:08Z")

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concerns about drug trafficking and money laundering, I assume.

Canada used to have a $1,000 bill, but discontinued it about a decade ago for that reason - that increasingly the only people using large denomination bills were doing so for illegal purposes.

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