I did not know that they used the "$" as well. I just assumed that it was dollars, even though, that didn't make sense. That explains a lot.
That was a nice trivia about the Mexican currency, I thought it is really dollars not in their peso value.
Back then, $200 was a punishing tax. In retirement, my monthly income is about 50 times the monthly wage you quote for 1923. Today, it's merely an inconvenient, extra added cost to the purchase of a suppressor ($600-1500) or a full-auto machine gun (>$15,000) or a sawed-off shotgun (???) or short-barreled rifle (???). Rumored that with increased interest (purchasing of suppressors), the Feds have been contemplating raising the cost of the tax stamp up into the thousands of dollars (I guess to keep up with inflation). As to the old adage: guy owns a $600,000 Ferrari - wonder what the insurance costs are? - who cares about the cost of insurance?
Here are the two top denominations in my U.S. collection, $500 and $1,000, both Future Delivery revenues. I believe these are the highest values in the Future Delivery series, but I know there are three higher denominations of documentary and stock transfer revenues.
