[SAJ]

True. But for my own part, I didn't make such extravagant claims, now did I?

There are a couple of $50s that embarrass even the scarcest $100s in premia, btw. And a 1914 $500 will shock you, what it's worth on the open mkt.

As with anything, the premium for currency notes over face is a direct function of both scarcity AND the number of people who collect said bill(s).

BTW, and no fair Googling, do you just happen to know WHOSE face is on the highest denomination banknote ever issued in the US? Hint: said note was NOT in general circulation, ever.

[djf]

I think it's Samuel Chase