‘It’s All About the Madisons’ doesn’t have quite the same ring

The Cotton Boll Conspiracy

The likelihood of coming across a $5,000 bill is infinitesimally minute. Banks don’t carry them, the US Department of the Treasury hasn’t produced any in more than 80 years and, besides,I personally can’t remember the last time I received more than 5K in change on a purchase.

Actually, the $5,000 bill, featuringdiminutiveVirginian James Madison, was recalled from circulation in 1969.

As with other large-denomination notes such as the $500, $1,000 and $10,000 bills...