Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which U.S. president appears on the discontinued $5,000 bill?"
...The face on the $5,000 note is James Madison, the fourth president of the United States and a principal author of both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. High-denomination currency like this was never meant for purchases in stores or by the general public; instead, it was mainly used for large transfers between banks and financial institutions in the days before digital payments and wire systems. Printing of the bill ended in 1945, and although the bill is still technically legal tender, surviving bills are exceptionally scarce.
