554 sats \ 6 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 12 Mar charts

All of the U.S. Currency in Circulation

Every year, the U.S. Federal Reserve submits a print order for U.S. currency to the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). The BEP will then print billions of notes in various denominations, from $1 bills to $100 bills.

In this graphic, we’ve used the latest Federal Reserve data to visualize the approximate number of bills for each denomination globally, as of Dec. 31, 2022.

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46 sats \ 5 replies \ @Wumbo 12 Mar

I am very surprised there are that many $2 bills in circulation.

32 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 12 Mar

That's what I noticed, too. In my experience, most people seem to think they're fake.

25 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 12 Mar

There are no 1 or 2 euro bills, the smallest is 5 euro bill. Do you know why there are 1 and 2 dollar bills? Is it cheaper to make notes than coins?

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 12 Mar

The $2 bill is very rare. I believe it's just a mandate to the treasury to maintain that set of bills in circulation. There have been several attempts to get $1 coins to catch on and they just don't.

I know the treasury takes losses when it mints pennies and nickels, but I'm not sure about dollar bills.

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @Enemy_of_the_state 12 Mar

You can order it through local bank branches. Usually a stack of 200. They are popular with the freedom/gun crowd (2nd Amendment)(2A) and feature Thomas Jefferson.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 12 Mar

Yeah, my grandpa loved them. He also loved the $3 bills with Clinton on them, although those are not widely accepted as legal tender.