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The True Story Of The Time The Government Printed A $100,000 Bill

Rob WileJan 11, 2013, 03:52 IST

Wikimedia CommonsA $1 trillion-dollar coin seems like a high denomination to ask the government to print.

Some say its weight could sink the Titanic! (This is benightedly ludicrous).

But one time, the U.S. government actually got 1/10000000th of the way there — by printing a $100,000 bill.

And it really helped the economy.