Originally Posted by
mdj1
Can't say I've ever had a problem with $100 bills.
Me too. I don't use them.
I rarely use any notes higher than $20 (or £20 in the UK). With the prevalence of card payments, I hardly ever use such notes, and 5x $20 are just as acceptable, or rather more acceptable, than 1x $100.
Originally Posted by
YuropFlyer
Given 100$ is really quite a small amount to other bills, it actually does astonish me. Here in Switzerland, 100 CHF (around 115$) are one of the most regular bills to be seen, and accepted everywhere. Even 200 CHF (230$) are usually not that much of an issue, at least if your bill is over 100 CHF or so..
Ah, yes. The Swiss attitude to cards!
I'm astonished that the Swiss (and the Germans) still make relatively high transactions using cash. Credit cards are much less prevalent in Switzerland and Germany than in the Anglo-Saxon lands, and even Maestro cards generally incur an annual charge of 20-30 CHF, with the same amount charged for a supplementary card.
Hardly encouraging a cashless society.
Is the security on those 100$ bills really that low?
Yes, but it's getting better. Most issues in the last few years have more security features than before, including subtle pastel colouring.
Maybe the US really should swap it's old style bills against some more secure yet colourfull European style money if they have so much issues with it.
Difficult when it's a quasi-world currency. Just think of all those dollar bills tucked away around the world. FWIW, I'd be happy if they could just be of different sizes.
I miss the Dutch 50-guilder note!