I remember one year when the military pay roll at a base in New Hampshire was paid in 2 dollar bills. You had to wait in line and sign for your payment, all in 2 dollar bills. It was a test to track how much money was being spent around the area. Never saw any results of the test. Had no problem pay the bill with the 2 dollar bill. Still have a few saved.
Don
I’m laughing. My ship was at a port, which had a good sized Navy presence. A carrier came in and the town was flooded with young sailors. There was a volume of complaints about us filling the bars, movies, eateries, and places where young females abounded. A group of loudmouths were really loud in their complaints, and demanded the POLICE clamped down.
We younger enlisted men we really behaving, especially at lectures from every ship Captain who knew what the carriers numbers meant. Even the shore patrol admitted they were bored.
Payday, by chance was 100% NEW bills ones, fives, tens, twenties....all never touched before. The town and ALL the businesses were in turn simply overwhelmed with brand new cash, each bill sticking together as they do. Virtual chaos.
The bitter complaints stopped.