The Federal Reserve System lists the following life spans:
$1 bill: 22 months
$5 bill: 2 years
$10 bill: 3 years
$20 bill: 4 years
$50 bill: 9 years
$100 bill: 9 years
Coins: 30 years
How Much Do You Know About Money?
We found some very interesting facts that you may find worth reading:
There is about $823 in circulation for each person in America.
A piece of currency can be folded forward and back 4,000 times before it will tear.
The $100 note has been the largest denomination of currency in circulation since 1969.
The largest bill ever printed was the $100,000 bill; it was actually a Gold Certificate issued in 1934.
These notes were used for transactions between Federal Reserve banks and were not circulated
among the general public.
