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.
For public use in the US, $100 is currently the highest-value bill  issued.    At one time $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 were also printed.  Printing of all higherâ¦ denomination bills was suspended in 1945 due  to low demand.