United States one hundred-dollar bill United States one hundred-dollar bill The United States one hundred-dollar bill ($100) is a denomination of United States currency. The first United States Note with this value was issued in 1862 and the Federal Reserve Note version was launched in 1914, alongside other denominations. Statesman, inventor, diplomat, and American founding father Benjamin Franklin has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1914. On the reverse of the banknote is an image of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, which has been used since 1928. The $100 bill is the largest denomination that has been printed and circulated since July 13,
Idaho Statesman Boise in 1972. On the early morning of March 21, 2004, the "Statesman"s pressroom caught on fire, which left two of the newspaper's nine press units severely damaged and two units partially destroyed. Newspapers from other cities chipped in and helped deliver papers to Boise. The cities included Nampa, Homedale, and Twin Falls in Idaho; Ontario, Oregon, and even Reno, Nevada. After 34 years of ownership, Gannett agreed to sell the "Statesman" to Knight Ridder on August 3, 2005, along with "The Bellingham Herald" and "The Olympian" newspapers in western Washington; McClatchy bought Knight Ridder the following year. In 2008,