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A former GOP fundraiser who embezzled from a state investment in rare coins must repay the state $13.7 million.

Today, the currency of the United States, the U.S. dollar, is printed in bills in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.

At one time, however, it also included five larger denominations. Shown here is a $100,000 Gold certificate from 1934. High-denomination currency was prevalent from the very beginning of U.S. Government issue (1861). $500, $1,000, and $5,000 interest bearing notes were issued in 1861, and $10,000 gold certificates arrived in 1865. There are many different designs and types of high-denomination notes.

The high-denomination bills were issued in a small size in 1929, along with the $1 through $100 denominations. Their designs were as follows:

• The $500 bill featured a portrait of William McKinley
• The $1,000 bill featured a portrait of Grover Cleveland
• The $5,000 bill featured a portrait of James Madison
• The $10,000 bill featured a portrait of Salmon P. Chase
• The $100,000 bill featured a portrait of Woodrow Wilson

See them all at Wikipedia.

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Clarke T. Blizzard was charged in Ohio with conspiring to bribe a state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation official in Columbus, and his case was assigned to a federal judge in Akron.

A former GOP fundraiser who embezzled from a state investment in rare coins must repay the state $13.7 million.

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