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 $100 bill, featuring a portrait of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, is one of the worldâs most popular and widely-traded forms of paper currency.
The face value in US$ I mention refers only to it's value in US dollars at face value, and not its value when its price as a collectors item is considered. These are the Top 8 Largest Banknote Denominations (In Terms of Real Value) 8. - The United States 5,000 dollar note. Face value in US$: $5,000. I've written about large denomination currency in the US several times already, but the US used to issue dollar bills much larger than $100.