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As of May 30, 2009, only 336 $10,000 bills were known to exist, along with 342 $5,000 bills, 165,372 $1,000 bills and fewer than 75,000 $500 bills (of over 900,000 printed). [12] [13] Due to their rarity, collectors pay considerably more than the face value of the bills to acquire them, and some are in museums in other parts of the world.
The U.S. Dollar has numerous discontinued denominations, particularly high denomination bills, issued before and in 1934 in six denominations ranging from $500 to $100,000. Although still legal tender, most are in the hands of collectors and museums. The reverse designs featured abstract scroll-work with ornate denomination identifiers.
The $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 denominations were last printed in 1945 and discontinued in 1969, making the $100 bill the largest denomination banknote in circulation. A $1 note was added in 1963 to replace the $1 Silver Certificate after that type of currency had been discontinued. Since United States Notes were discontinued in 1971 ...
However, the back of the bill simply says, “The United States of America — Ten Thousand Dollars — 10,000.” $100,000 Bill This bill didn’t even make it to the public.
The next series was Series 1918, which contained large-size notes in denominations of $500 bill with John Marshall, the $1,000 bill with Alexander Hamilton, the $5,000 bill with James Madison, and the $10,000 bill with Salmon Chase. One dollar bills featuring George Washington (which were all Silver Certificates) came in Series 1923, as did red ...
But even bills printed within the last 30 years might be worth hundreds of dollars — if you have the right one. The $2 bill was first printed in 1862 and is still in circulation today.
Authorized under an act by the United States Congress, the first two-dollar bill was issued in March 1862 [5] and the denomination was continuously used until 1966; by that time, the United States Note was the only remaining class of U.S. currency to which the two-dollar bill was assigned.
If you can find it in a fairly solid condition, this $100 is worth around $120 to $150 in today’s dollars. Choice graded examples could be worth north of $300, per eBay sold listings as of Sept. 17.