Which country has biggest (and smallest) banknotes in circulation?
 

Please note, I am asking about physical dimensions of banknotes, not number of zeroes on them.

What I've seen Japanese yen banknotes are quite large, as well as Singapore's $1000 note.

Have you seen anything bigger?

I live in Japan and don't find the notes here to be shocking large sized.

In my experience the ones that have probably been the most surprising were the Malawi 1000 Kwacha notes because they are the largest (in terms of size and denomination) in circulation in the country but also worth less than $2. After finally exchanging enough, you had a stack of cash 5 inches high to pay for a single day at a tourist hotel.

In terms of small physical sized notes, China has some for less than 1 yuan though I can't recall (jiao I believe) that are pretty worthless

Morocco has some small bills. I cannot remember the denomination but it was shorter and half the length of the rest of the bills.

Have a roommate from Lebanon, he says he was surprised by how small our coins are and how many denominations we have of them.

I haven't seen one in years, but China's 1分 notes are half the size of credit cards, and are still legal tender. Rather than a famous person, they feature an image of a truck.

well, the ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side. but few banks will deal with such fiddling small change.

If you have a towel, it should not be a problem.

Can we move back to Earth?

The rai stones that were used as currency on the Micronesian island of Yap:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones

Philippines 100,000 Piso, measuring 356x216 millimeters is generally considered the largest, but it was a commemorative sold at a premium in very limited never and never circulated.

Largest I have ever handed is a Belgian 1000=200 Belgas francs note from WWII, which is not much smaller. They can be found for about $60.

Last two messages - thank you, but I'd rather interested in banknotes currently in daily circulation.

So seems Brunei $1000 bill with size 182 x 84 mm is the biggest one at this moment. For the smallest ones, I think Georgian Lari which has dementions of 115 x 61 mm is one of smallest.

I'll have to do some research on the largest one. No matter what, the Brunei $10,000 note is bigger, measuring 181 x 90 mm. It is virtually impossible to exchange outside of Brunei, but it is legal tender within the country. Also, the dimensions Wikipedia gives for the Brunei $1,000 seem incorrect for the latest issue (my currency catalog has it at 166 x 76 mm).

Myanmar has 50 pyas and 1 kyat notes that measure 110 x 55 mm, but those were issued in 1996 and I highly doubt they are still used in circulation (1 kyat is $0.00081). I'm pretty sure there are smaller ones, but the extent of circulation in their respective countries is debatable. 110 x 55 mm is a pretty standard size, but it seems that most of that size are no longer in circulation.

http://www.chinatoday.com/fin/mon/ indicates that there are 1 jiao (0.1 yuan) notes.

http://www.chinatoday.com/fin/mon/MON_17.JPGhttp://www.chinatoday.com/fin/mon/MON_18.JPG

Yes. They are still around in abundance, but are at least twice the size of the 1分 note I mentioned above.

I was only ever able to get 分 (Fen) in 2005. Never able to find them in circulation after that. Even the coins were tiny!

Same, I remember now getting a Fen note in 2003 or 2004, I think it came from the bank or post office when some really small change was due. Certainly can't imagine the practicality of using them in circulation even then when things were much cheaper than today.