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usually carry around $500 on me.

couple hundreds, some fifties, twenties, and whatever else from change.

I tend to carry a $100, a $50, and some small bills. That's enough to cover most purchases or small emergencies I might encounter. If I get robbed and I'm out $200, I will be irritated, I will likely vow vengeance and mumble about my revenge for a week or two, but it will be okay.

$20s. Anything higher, some places might not want to give change for them unless you're paying an amount close to the denomination of the bill.

$20. Too many places won't take anything higher (and I don't blame them one bit. I got $120 from an ATM once, and specifically told it to give me jacksons--and it gave me a $20 and a benjamin. I was, like, what the fuck am I going to do with this? I was going to take it to the bank when it was open and have a teller break it, but fortunately the customer service desk at the grocery store was able to break it). And i keep a bunch of singles for tips.

$20, I can’t even remember the last time I saw a $50

Most places won’t take higher than a $20, so on the rarest occasions that I do carry cash, that’s it. Trivia: $50s are considered bad luck in Vegas, so don’t be handing those out.

$20, but to be fair it was the same 30 years ago. Today, that's worth almost $50, so places really shouldn't have trouble breaking a 50

The only places I know of in my neck of the woods that accept bills larger than a $20 are the weed dispensaries, and that's just because they are only allowed to accept cash.

The ATM gives $50s, so I use those, but I prefer $20s as they are taken anywhere.

I've had a $45 bill and them tell me they can't take a fifty.

The ATM typically gives $20s, so that's what I usually get.

Typically I use $20s but 50 and 100 have been used.

I don't use much cash, so I end up with 20s from the ATM when I do need cash. When I receive cash it's usually other people's ATM 20s or hundreds they can't get rid of. I hang on to the hundreds until it's time to pay my piano teacher.

I do a lot of Marketplace/Craigslist deals so in terms of total cash volume I probably handle $100 the most.

Day to day it's $20 and $5. Getting places to break a $50 is hard.

$20. Only thing I regularly use cash for these days is weed and haircuts.

Well on my last trip I was using 500's for most purchases. I felt like a rich man. However I was an American in Mexico using local currency. I had quite a few US 100's when I got there that was used to pay for my diving and lodging.

When I was in Jamaica it was mostly 1000's.

In the US it's usually 20's when I have cash because that is what the ATM's around here tend to give.

Most to least used $20, $50, $5, $10, $100

Hondos. I'm a waitress and have to break one multiple times a week. I usually save them up to use at music festivals.

$500. Pesos. When I'm in Mexico

$100uad in the states, though. I almost never withdrawl except to pay for a cash only fb marketplace seller.