It is NOT about the Benjamins! In fact, $100 Bills may not be wanted at all!...

I hear from time to time students and adults say that a business HAS to take your money, no matter what.  Business CAN refuse cash or types of cash.  They don't have to take 5,000 pennies for payment for something AND they don't have to take $100.00 bills.  The Department of Treasury website says this:

""The pertinent portion of law that applies to your question is the Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, entitled "Legal tender," which states: "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues."This statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20) as a matter of policy.""

From NYTIMES: The Merchants That Don’t Take Cash