 Money news at 10 and 40 past the hour on WTOP. Jumping the gun just a little bit there. Here's Mark Hamrick. The history of our U.S. dollar bills. I'm Mark Hamrick with a Bankrate.com personal finance minute. Inflation is a feature of modern times, but the denominations of U.S. dollar bills have been reduced to involve a range between $1 and $100.