Talk:United States one-hundred-dollar bill

True or false: there are still a large number of $100 bills of a series prior to 1996 in circulation. (Generalize this to $50's, $20's, $10's, and $5's as well, and if true, make your estimate on when it will be false.) 66.32.143.38 18:32, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

Well there certaintly seems to be a lot less of them than the newer design, but yes, there are quite a few of the older ones still in existance, and many of them still see circulation. If anything, old 100's, because they aren't used as often as lower denomination bills, are probably more common than old 5, 10, 20, and 50 dollar bills in circulation. Most 100 dollar bills will only circulate about 5 years... but some circulate longer, and if someone holds onto a 100 dollar bill for a long time before spending it, that probably accounts for how an older bill may end up in circulation a long time after it was printed. 24.8.252.164 (talk) 04:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

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The role of US $100 bills in international markets, especially during financial instability after the collapse of the USSR, is the major interest at this entry. It's also the reason for the flood of counterfeits that hasn't been mentioned. Wetman 18:45, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Is the "new" 100 USD note going to help secure our currency outside the borders? Does the current design ever re-enter or re-circulate inside the US? Or does it stay outside the country as a stable replacement to weaker local currencies?

Date of new $100 bill

In 2003, the Internet sites announcing the new $100 bill said it will be released in 2005. By late 2005, however, this was known that it won't be until at least 2007. Now, the article says that it will come after 2008's $5 bill, which means that the most reasonable year is 2009. Anyone who disagrees?? Georgia guy 18:08, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

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I agree, either late 2008 or early 2009, based on release schedules of current issues. Bjd

Next $100 bill

It's going to be paper but with a plastic rainbow see-through area. I could say more but then I'd have to kill all of you. Smootsmoot 09:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Contradiction

This is about the physical size of the notes. Please discuss at Talk:Large-sized note. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 08:29, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Pre-1996 note design

Can anyone get a scan of the old (pre-1996) $100 bill? —Scott5114↗ 05:41, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I found one, albeit the USN (not the FRNs that were commonly used by the public), and added it to the article.—Scott5114↗ 06:37, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

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One-hundred dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in mustard-colored straps binding 100 notes or $10,000.

Nicknames Section

A user 65.222.185.2 has proposed that this section be summarily removed. I do not see the logic in just removing the section. Comments?-MBK004 17:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I concur. There needs to be more justification than "this is cruft." Everything is "cruft" by that sort of loose definition. Bold edits like that require consensus, per WP:CONS/WP:BRD. The continued removal, without discussion towards consensus, constitutes edit warring and may violate the three revert rule. I see no reason to remove it - it's not trivia or cruft, it's perfectly good content - nicknames of people, groups, objects, etc generally merit inclusion. --Cheeser1 20:45, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

My reasons for suggested removal are as follow: It is loosely based items, like I previosly stated anyone may claim that the nickname "horseshit" is reasonable.... Now we all know that that's notthe case, but it may happen. Perhaps if you listed the nickname, along with reasons as to why it is called so, then it should stay. For example, if you explain that it is called a "Franklin" because of Benjamin Franklin, then that is plausible, but if the list only contains, slang words, and no background information, then I see no purpose for the section to exist at all. I hope this can follow suit on the other US bill articles as well.

I also suggest that you only add the ones with logical info.

If you have no info, it is not encyclopedic. 65.222.185.2 15:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Please be civil. Your language is inappropriate, and your reasoning appears to be inconsistent. All of those terms, except one, already have "reasons as to why it is called so." And yet you removed the section. Furthermore, the term that has no explanation is obvious: "100 Bones" because "bones" is slang for "dollar."[1] --Cheeser1 17:34, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

"OOOO he cursed".....Just because I said a swear word does not mean that I'm not civil. Fuck it, keep the section, you got me. By the way, why is bones slang for dollar. I'm curious and I've never heard of it before. Please disregard my changed IP. I'm not a sock, I'm on a wireless router connection. 68.44.175.59 23:20, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

When someone asks you to be civil, it is not customary to mock them. Wikipedia is not censored does not mean you have free license to swear at other users. Bones is slang for a unit of currency in North America, and stems I believe from the use of bones as currency by some Native Americans. I can't source that right now though - I could be wrong. --Cheeser1 01:46, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please forgive me, I went to far. Anyways, thanks for your wisdom. I did not know that! 65.222.185.2 12:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

I have red stamped 100 dollor bil and want to know how much it is worth today? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.254.235.130 (talk) 14:19, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

What's correct?

I notice that this article uses a couple of different flavours of hyphenation for "one hundred dollar bill". The title has it "one hundred-dollar bill", but at the end of the lead it's given as "one-hundred dollar bill".

I've changed the sentence in the lead to match the hyphenation in the title, on the assumption that's the more common convention, and for the sake of consistency in this article. --Malleus Fatuarum 12:51, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

You know, I was wondering about that. As far as I know, there is no hyphenation. Googling the phrase gives (as far as I can tell) mostly unhyphenated versions, and some with hyphenation between the one and hundred instead. --Cheeser1 02:00, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

$100 bill date

This article says that the new $100 bill will have its images revealed in late 2008, but it's late 2008 now. What date will it be to be exact?? Georgia guy (talk) 16:52, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Will the current bill be unusable beyond certain date? --Againme (talk) 17:20, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

The information in the article is apparently incorrect. According to the BEP website, "an official introduction date has not been set."-Jeff ^(talk) 03:57, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Time on the clock

It is stated that the time on the clock on the back of the bill is 4:10. The high resolution image itself appears to read 2:20. The movie "National Treasure" also refers to the time as 2:20.