Question to US citizens

They're readily available, but folks might be a little nervous about copying one for you.

I would agree with TheRichLife. $100 bills are very easy to get... but I'm not sure if they are legal to photocopy. (i.e. You may be asking your clients to do something that is illegal).

Perhaps you can find a photo of a $100 dollar bill online to use?

There's plenty of 100's. But just most people use credit cards though, and don't normally carry around $100 in bills. The largest denomition (most) carry is $20. They probably aren't "afraid" of sending you one, they just simply don't have it. And probably no reason to go to the bank to get one for you.

PS -- why don't you simply go to your local bank and order a $100 U.S. bill? You may have to pay a currency changing fee (usually 3-4%), but after that you can do whatever you want with it.

$100 bills aren't hard to come by (except in my wallet they're kind of scarce) but people are often reluctant to reproduce them for a number of reasons, primarily is this warning from the United States Secret Service:

"The law sharply restricts photographs or other printed reproductions of paper currency, checks, bonds, revenue stamps and securities of the United States and foreign governments."

There are ways that you can go about doing it legally, some tips can be found here: United States Secret Service

Here you are: 100 dollars - Google Image Search

Yes, they are easy to get at any bank. However, your average person probably doesn't carry them regularly. That's because if you're making small purchases (like $20 at a restaurant, the grocery store or the gas station), it can be harder to get change. (That and plenty of folks probably just carry debit/credit cards rather than cash anyway.)

I've lived in the US for over two years and I have to disagree. Being from a country where using 100 and 200 Sfr (it's nearly 1:1 to the dollar) bills all the time I have to say you barely ever see them here so yeah I'd say they are hard to just randomly come by.

There are very strict laws on copying US currency. I don't remember exactly what they are, but it is something about the seal I believe. So if anyone in the US got caught doing that, it is a pretty severe penalty.

Why don't you just go to your local bank and if they don't have one, they will be happy to get you one. It will cost you the exchange rate but that is pretty small.

If you want anything clearer than whats on Google images it might fall into counterfeiting...

google images

Try this one: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jbour...franklin12.jpg

It looks pretty high quality to me.

Best Regards,
James

You're definitely better off making your own than asking a loyal customer to do something they might feel nervous about doing.

Take the initiative. Virtually every bank in the UK has dollars. And even if you have to buy the usual "dollar pack" of banknotes, it's quicker than waiting for an unmotivated, unhurried person in another country to get around to sending you what you need. Just stand up, go visit your bank, and the whole scanning job'll be done by this evening.

Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
Charles

From secretservice.gov:

Illustrations of Currency, Checks or Other Obligations
The law sharply restricts photographs or other printed reproductions of paper currency, checks, bonds, revenue stamps and securities of the United States and foreign governments.

For additional illustrations of U.S. currency visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. (moneyfactory.gov)

U.S. Currency
The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided:

* The illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated

* The illustration is one-sided

* All negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use