TIL that the world’s most valuable banknotes meant for public circulation are the $10,000 Singapore and Brunei Dollar bills
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The US $100 bill was introduced in 1914 and would have been worth over $3,300 in today's dollars. Even if that's only about half what $10k SGD is worth, that's still a hell of a long time to hold that ceiling
And one of the least was currency from Zimbabwe when they were experiencing hyper inflation. I'm technically a 100 trillionaire - and at the time I bought that bill, shipping it cost more than the item.
whoa i literally live here and i didn’t even know we had $10,000 notes
According to the same article, they are not being produced anymore. They still are legal tender in both countries though. As of 2026, I would say that the most valuable banknote still in active production is the CHF 1.000 banknote; someone please correct me if I'm wrong.