Originally Posted by
invisible
$500, $1000, $5000 and $10000 US currency notes are legal tender. However, if you plan to use them to pay your hotel bill, could you please give me a note, I'd be happy to exchange them to crisp, new $100 notes and take you (very old) currency notes away.
... or better yet: take the no-longer issued general circulation notes, pay the hotel bill with a points-earning/cash-back card and return the change in still-issued, general circulation cash and coin with face values of $100 or less.