What is your countries most obscure money denomination?

[aimeeandbeatles]

A few years ago I had an older book thing (it looked like a school workbook) about Canadian bills and coins. Anyways I knew it was older because they mentioned $1 and $2 bills (which have since been replaced with coins). Anyways I noticed in the book they had a 50-cent coin. I actually have one. Just now I decided to look it up to see if they still make them:
They do.

They're rather uncommon (they said even banks may not recognize them as legitimate). Wikipedia doesn't even have a proper picture of a newer one

So what is your countries most obscure demolition denomination?

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

I think instead of demolition here, you might be looking for denomination. Not trying to be a Nazi, just trying to clarify (I know I was confused!)

 

[Cutlass]

Denomination. Might want to change that if you don't want the comic answers to dominate.

In the US, there are various dollar coins that virtually no one knows about because no one uses them. They all still use paper dollars.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Ill fix that. Oops

 

[Save_Ferris]

Probably the $2 or $1000 bill.

 

[GenMarshall]

The elusive two dollar bill!

Poor Thomas Jefferson never gets a break .

 

[kramerfan86]

It is a pity too because the 2 dollar bill is pretty awesome looking.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

The only time I get my hands on $100 Canadian is when I make large deposits or withdrawals at the bank.

$1000 bill.

I thought US dollar bills higher than $100 don't circulate anymore.

 

[kramerfan86]

They dont, I believe Nixon got rid of them for anti-criminal activity reasons. Harder to pull off big money deals with smaller bills.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I got the image of some big criminal guy pulling out a couple thousand in $20 bills "oh no I dropped them!" and it happened to be a windy day

 

[GenMarshall]

I thought US dollar bills higher than $100 don't circulate anymore.

I usually thought they were only around in government organizations and use them to make large monetary transactions.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I got the image of some big criminal guy pulling out a couple thousand in $20 bills "oh no I dropped them!" and it happened to be a windy day

That's why you get a good briefcase.

I usually thought they were only around in government organizations and use them to make large monetary transactions.

They probably do it electronically now, with numbers changing in financial accounts.

 

[Drewcifer]

I think in the US it would be the mill which is one onethousandth of a dollar. It was never actually issued by the US treasury although it exists in law. Some states issued one mill tokens in the past.

 

[Traitorfish]

The five pound coin, probably. They're basically commemorative, and you never see them in circulation, but they are technically legal tender.

 

[_random_]

The only time I get my hands on $100 Canadian is when I make large deposits or withdrawals at the bank.



I thought US dollar bills higher than $100 don't circulate anymore.

They're only used for exchange between Federal Reserve Banks. This is the biggest ever produced:

 

[Flying Pig]

The five pound coin, probably. They're basically commemorative, and you never see them in circulation, but they are technically legal tender.

That or the £50 note, which many shops won't accept because of the risk of forgery.

 

[Traitorfish]

You'll actually see them relatively often if you work in a supermarket. Even the occasional £100. I think some people still get them in their pay-packet, for some silly reason.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

The elusive two dollar bill!

Poor Thomas Jefferson never gets a break .

The $2 is so obscure that Taco Bell won't take it

 

[holy king]

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Multiples of two seem to be obscure. Are there even that many items priced that way?