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He also has a "wanted" list of bills he's looking to buy. My favorites are Heritage Auctions and Lyn Knight Auctions."

In addition to eBay, Undis says, "currency auction houses are also good, especially for the more valuable notes.

See: Royersford man has a $10 bill worth $500,000?Īnyone finding a fancy serial number has a variety of options.īesides Cool Serial Numbers, dealers who specialize in such bills include Baeder's USA Rare, Executive Currency,, and Tickle Your Fancy Currency. Royersford, Pa., dealer Billy Baeder has a $10 bill with the serial number A00000001A that he believes is worth $500,000 because it's a rare 1933 Silver Certificate. The seller has already rejected five offers. Higher asking prices can be found on eBay, like $9,999 for a 1928 $50 bill with the serial number 00009999. "The prices on my web site are representative of the current market," he emailed. The "For sale" list at Undis' website asks $4000 for a 2006 $1 bill with 11111111, $750 for a 1935 $1 bill with the number 00000011, and $750 for a 1935 $1 bill with 19999999, to cite some of the pricier examples. Nonhistoric dates could also be valuable, like 04171982 – if you can find someone with that birthday or anniversary. Patterns to look for include solid (every digit the same), such as 11111111 ladder (counting up or down), such as 12345678 low, 00000100 or lower high, 99999900 or higher radar (same backwards and forwards), such as 13466431 repeater (second half same as first half), such as 12791279 super repeater (pair of numbers repeated four times), like the first eBay example above double quad, such as 55553333, seven in a row and seven of a kind.ĭates can also be collectible, such as 0704172001, owned by one collector, the Globe notes. Even $1, $2 and $5 bills can be worth many face value, according to collector Dave Undis of .Ī check of eBay shows examples, like a $1 bill fetching $86 for having the serial number 67676767, or another selling for $66.66 for having the number 00023000. 8, the one with the serial number 00000001 could be worth $10,000 to $15,000, Dustin Johnston, director of currency for Heritage Auctions in Dallas, told the Boston Globe.īut, history aside, it's mostly about number patterns. When the redesigned $100 bill comes out Oct. The key is the eight-digit serial number, and whether it seems 'fancy' or special to collectors. The last letter still can be anything but O or Z, and is still occasionally replaced by a star, with the same meaning as before.Your money may be worth more money than you think.Įven a dollar bill could be worth enough to pay some of those monthly bills.
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On these notes, the first letter corresponds to the series of the note and the second letter of each serial number now represents the issuing FRB and ranges from A through L. A "star" note has its own special serial number followed by a star in place of a suffix letter.įederal Reserve notes, beginning with Series 1996, have two letters rather than one at the beginning of the serial number. The first letter of such a serial number identifies the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) which issued the note since there are 12 FRBs, this letter is always between A and L.
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Reusing an exact serial number to replace an imperfect note is costly and time consuming. Up through Series 1995, all Federal Reserve notes had serial numbers consisting of one letter, eight digits, and one letter, such as A12345678B now only the 1 and 2 notes still use this form. A "star" sheet is used to replace the imperfect sheet. When an imperfect sheet is detected during the manufacturing process after the serial number has been overprinted, it must be replaced with a new sheet. On some notes, a star appears in place of the last letter. The letter O is not used because of its similarity to the digit 0, and the letter Z is not used because it is reserved for test printings. At the time of a series change, the suffix letter returns to the letter A and repeats the cycle. The last letter advances through the alphabet when all eight character serial numbers have been printed for a specific Federal Reserve Bank within the same series. Up through Series 1995, all Federal Reserve notes had serial numbers consisting of one letter, eight digits, and one letter, such as A12345678B now only the $1 and $2 notes still use this form. Each note of the same denomination has its own serial number.
