You can apparently get Canadian $1,000 notes too, not that I've ever seen one. That would be worth almost exactly the same as 1000 swiss francs.
If you get a bundle of 50 GBP notes from a bank in the UK they put them in a little sealed bag containing 10 notes (500 pounds). That note collection is convenient for counting etc for larger items also. Largest thing I bought cash was 2,000 GBP for a 2nd hand car some years ago. I did toy with trying to buy a house with paper cash to see if it could be done, but I didn't bother in the end -- but I think that all that would have happened is the seller's lawyer would go to the bank and pay it in to make sure it's good. I've also moved more than 2,000 GBP that between bank accounts and investment accounts in the past -- withdraw from current account 10,000 GBP, walk across the street and pay into another institutions investment account and the money is instantly available to write a check, and accrues interest from that day, rather than 3 days later. The bank charges 20 GBP or more to do the same day transfer electronically (CHAPs), where as the "no fee" option is BACs and takes 3 working days and they keep the interest on your money while it's moving. Adam On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:56:05PM -0400, Duncan Frissell wrote: > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Richard Fiero wrote: > > > As the article points out, $1 million fits in a briefcase > > nicely but the Euro's largest denomination is 500 which will > > allow $1 million to fit into a purse. From the article: > > " I am not an expert in cryptography, but I think it may take > > quite a while to devise an electronic money that guarantees > > anonymity in the same way that cash does." > > Or my favorite 1000 swiss franc notes currently worth about $618 each. > > DCF
