When they came back to Massachusetts, they were caught up in the Red Scare. Many of their friends and fellow anarchists had already been arrested and were being deported. When federal investigators found a list of subscribers to Galleaniâs newspaper, Sacco and Vanzetti came to their attention.
This leaves the $100 Federal Reserve note as the nationâs highest-denomination circulating banknote. The $100 bill, featuring a portrait of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, is one of the worldâs most popular and widely-traded forms of paper currency.
What denominations of currency are in circulation today? Will any new denominations be produced? The present denominations of our currency in production are $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. The purpose of the United States currency system is to serve the needs of the public and these denominations meet that goal.