It’s compact, but difficult to spend. The cashier isn’t gonna be able to make change for that, which is a huge part of counterfeiting. If you deposit a bunch of fake money at the bank, you’ll get caught. But if you buy something cheap with a fake $100 or $20, the change from the register launders that money for you and you can deposit the real cash and say you made it selling knicknacks at a craft fair or some bullshit.
$100s and $20s are popular because they’re valuable enough to be worth the effort to duplicate while still being easy to use.
It’s compact, but difficult to spend. The cashier isn’t gonna be able to make change for that, which is a huge part of counterfeiting. If you deposit a bunch of fake money at the bank, you’ll get caught. But if you buy something cheap with a fake $100 or $20, the change from the register launders that money for you and you can deposit the real cash and say you made it selling knicknacks at a craft fair or some bullshit.
$100s and $20s are popular because they’re valuable enough to be worth the effort to duplicate while still being easy to use.