
epa05141531 A bank employee holds 5,000 euros in 500-euro notes at a Sparkasse bank in Munich, Germany, 3 February 2016. Germany is considering imposing an upper limit on payments in cash as part of its fight against terrorism and money laundering. EPA/MATTHIAS BALK

epa05141531 A bank employee holds 5,000 euros in 500-euro notes at a Sparkasse bank in Munich, Germany, 3 February 2016. Germany is considering imposing an upper limit on payments in cash as part of its fight against terrorism and money laundering. EPA/MATTHIAS BALK

WASHINGTON - APRIL 20: A worker looks for defective bills in the sheets of newly printed twenty dollar bills as they are prepared for distribution to financial institutions April 20, 2005 at the Department of the Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, DC. Regardless of its denomination, a bill, or banknote, costs 6 cents to produce. A dollar bill lasts about 22 months. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)