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Differences

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Do you have any differences between these and today's bills besides the ones already mentioned?? Please put them on the Large sized note page

Other countries

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As for what someone added about other currencies, does this mean a country like Canada or Australia??

If someone extends the table...

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In case someone extends the table of portraits and nicknames for large-sized notes, using "M-note" for the $1000 (which had Alexander Hamilton at that time,) to parallel "C-note" for the $100, please note the following:

The abbreviation Xmas for Christmas was originally a shortening where X represents the Greek letter chi. Nowadays, however, the letter X is better interpreted as a mathematical variable than a Greek letter, and thus people often think that it drops Christ from Christmas.

Something similar is true of "M-note". For hundreds of years, "M" was a symbol for 1000 for hundreds of years, from "mill", a Latin word for a thousand, paralleling C ("cent") for a hundred. However, the letter "M" is nowadays more frequently interpreted as a symbol for a million, standing for "mega", paralleling K ("kilo") for a thousand. Thus, it is important to take note that the computer did not exist during the time of the large-sized notes.

Also, if someone asks for a $1 bill or a $2 bill, please simply say, "The $1 and $2 bills were not made by the Federal Reserve in those days." 66.32.126.130 14:57, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)


Bad News

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http://www.currencygallery.org is dead now. Google, however, still reveals it as a valid site. What happened?? Any other reference tool to use?? 66.245.29.166 15:15, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)


Update

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I was able to find depictions of the obverse for these notes at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. They have been updated in the denominations table. Reference: http://www.frbsf.org/currency/bills.html#stability 11-20-04

Contradiction

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The numbers mentioned here and elsewhere contradict.

Large-sized note $1 $2 $5 $10 $50 $100
Large 7.4218 x 3.125 7.375 x 3.125 7.375 x 3.125 7.42 x 3.125 7.42 x 3.125 7.42 x 3.125 7.42 x 3.125
Small 6.14 x 2.61 6.125 x 2.625 6.125 x 2.625 6.14 x 2.61 6.14 x 2.61 6.14 x 2.61 6.14 x 2.61

It's not the first time I see either version. Experts on this matter, please help. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 08:21, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yah, this is a matter of fraction conversions vs. decimals from different sources. Due to manufacturing techniques the sizes of large size notes actually varied so an exact number really isn't appropriate. --Kurt 08:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the sizes varies. But let's use official numbers found at [1]. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 02:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The link stated above for moneyfactory.gov does not work as of March 20 2016. Edison (talk) 21:48, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The US government says that present currency is 6.14 by 2.61 inches. See [2]. 6.125 x 2.625 is just plain wrong. The articles for present US currency gave the dimensions in mm to 6 digits of precision, which is inappropriate, since the government does not state that degree of precision, nor would it be practical to try and cut it that precisely. I have changed the infoboxes to 3 digits of precision but I left the dimensions in mm for the present, since that's how I found them. It would seem appropriate to list the dimensions of US currency in inches when the US government specifies them in inches. Edison (talk) 21:48, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with using inches for US-related articles, but disagree that that particular sources is authoritative versus a presentation using an approximation. The actual size may have been originally specified in 1/64 units, which would make more sense (and that is the size given in the infobox).
The moneyfactory.gov site is archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090110021046/http://www.moneyfactory.gov/document.cfm/18/106
Please continue discussing in Talk:United_States_one-dollar_bill#Size if possible. ~Amatulić (talk) 20:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]