This is not a fake, but quite real banknote. But she has some peculiarities …
Since 1918, the US Federal Reserve Bank issued banknotes and gold certificates in denominations of 500, 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 dollars, which were used mainly in interbank payments, but bills of this denomination were very fashionable in the criminal circles of that time, because who he robbed these banks! A banknote, or rather a gold certificate, with a denomination of $ 100,000, appeared only sixteen years later, in 1934.
All bills from $ 10 to $ 10,000 were issued both in the form of US central bank notes and in the form of gold certificates, which could be exchanged for gold at any time. The 100,000 dollar bill never came out in the form of a full-fledged banknote, but was issued only in the form of a certificate, moreover, it never went into free circulation. Gold certificates were intended to convince people that the United States government did not intend to replace all money backed by gold with "greenbacks", which were completely independent currency units and did not depend on the country's gold reserves.
The $ 500 banknote of 1928 and 1934 depicts the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley (1843-1901), thanks to whom the United States became a world colonial power. In 1901, at an exhibition in Buffalo, McKinley was mortally wounded by the anarchist L. Cholgosh. The sample of the 1918 bill differs from the samples of 1928 and 1934.
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) is depicted on the 1928 $ 1,000 bill. In particular, he is known for being elected to the presidency twice: in 1885 and in 1893. The sample of the 1918 bill differs from the sample of 1928.
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The "Father of the American Constitution," James Maddison (1750-1836), is depicted on the 1918 US $ 5,000 bill. He was General Secretary of the Jefferson government and later became the 4th President of the United States. The design of the note has not changed, although it was issued in the 1928 and 1934 series.
The 1928 $ 10,000 banknote depicts Samuel Chase (1741-1811), Secretary of the Treasury under President Lincoln. Served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and participated in the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. The sample of the 1918 bill differs from the sample of 1928.
The largest banknote, denomination of $ 100,000, model 1934, bears a portrait of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President of the United States. In addition to being one of the authors of the Treaty of Versailles and the Charter of the League of Nations, he was also the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1919. The design of the note has not changed anymore.
In 1969, the US Treasury announced that notes in denominations over $ 100 were no longer being issued and were being withdrawn from cash circulation. Nevertheless, anyone who has kept banknotes of this denomination can freely exchange them for a similar amount in modern banknotes.