Obsolete Denominations of United States Currency

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[edit] Treasury Notes

The U.S. Dollar has numerous discontinued denominations, particularly high denomination bills, issued in a small size in 1929, along with the $1 through $100 denominations. Their designs were as follows:

• The $500 bill featuring a portrait of William McKinley
• The $1,000 bill featuring a portrait of Grover Cleveland
• The $5,000 bill featuring a portrait of James Madison
• The $10,000 bill featuring a portrait of Salmon P. Chase
• The $100,000 bill featuring a portrait of Woodrow Wilson.

[edit] Coinage

Discontinued coin denominations include:

• Half cent: $0.005, copper
• Large Cent: $0.01, copper
• Two-cent piece: $0.02, copper
• Three-cent piece: $0.03, silver and copper-nickel
• Half dime: $0.05, silver
• Twenty-cent piece: $0.20, silver
• Silver dollar: $1.00, silver (some modern commemoratives are minted in this denomination)
• Gold dollar: $1.00, gold
• Quarter Eagle: $2.50, gold
• Three-dollar piece: $3.00, gold
• Stella: $4.00, gold (not circulated)
• Half Eagle: $5.00, gold (some modern commemoratives are minted in this denomination)
• Eagle: $10.00, gold (some modern commemoratives are minted in this denomination)
• Double Eagle: $20.00, gold
• Half-union: $50.00 (Commemorative only, California territorial gold, pattern piece)

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