$100 bills close to becoming most commonly circulated currency

[MineralMan]

4. Benjamin Franklin Is My Spirit Animal...

(stolen from a very bad ad for a tax preparation company)

When I used to be in the business of selling mineral specimens to collectors, I attended several large mineral shows each year. All had exhibitors and vendors from all over the planet. The $100 bill was pretty much the only way to pay for your purchases at those shows. No checks. No credit cards.

At one major show in Tucson every year, I carried a wrapped bundle of brand new $100 bills. $10,000. When I left the show, I had a van full of mineral specimens that would become my stock to sell. I was a very small player at those shows. In the week the show was on, millions of dollars, all in $100 bills, changed hands. What always surprised me is how few security folks were around. Everyone at the show as a buyer, had at leas $10,000 in a jacket pocket.

It made me nervous sometimes.