Originally Posted by
alanh
The argument is that most legitimate big money goes electronically these days -- that's also why there's no longer $500 or $1000 bills in circulation.:
The Euro has €500 notes. Which today is worth nearly $800. It wouldn't take too many of those to equal $10,000.
As a side note, there was a news article last year that noted that Euro officials were wondering why so many of their €500 notes ended up in southern Spain.
