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Collectors love bills with low serial numbers, such as those below 1,000 or 100 (e.g., 00000100). On eBay, these kinds of bills can sell for anywhere from $10 to $300.
The $50 bill was issued as a Federal Reserve Note with a green seal and serial numbers and as a gold certificate with a golden seal and serial numbers. 1933: As an emergency response to the Great Depression , additional money was pumped into the American economy through Federal Reserve Bank Notes issued under Series of 1929 .
Bills With Serial Number Oddities A $20 bill sold for nearly $400,000 at an auction in 2021, because it had a serial number printed on top and a Del Monte fruit sticker.
For these bills, the serial number uniquely identified the bill, except for some issues that exceeded one million bills. In that case, the sequence of serial numbers was restarted, and an extra overprint of 'Series 1' was added to the bill. When one million bills in 'Series 1' were printed, 'Series 2' was used, and so on. 'Series 187' is the ...
Series of 1928B for $5, $10, and $20 notes; Series of 1928A for $50 and $100 notes; and Series of 1928 for the large denominations reflected a change in the Federal Reserve Seal to contain a letter instead of a number. [5] The four corner numbers were aligned vertically, as well, causing a shift in plate position letters on certain denominations.
Low numbers: 00000001 is most prized, but 00000002 to 00000100 are considered valuable. "Ladders": A sequential serial number, like 12345678 or 32109876. Palindromes: Say, 45288254 or 02100120 ...
Singapore uses "Z/0" in the serial number to mark replacement banknotes. Indonesia uses "X" in the serial number to mark replacement banknotes. Iraq and Kuwait use prefix "Letter/99" in the serial number to mark replacement banknotes. Zambia uses "X3" in the serial number to mark replacement polymer banknotes. Thailand uses "Sพ, 0Sพ,1Sพ ...
In some instances, bills with rare serial numbers will make the bills worth a lot more than that. As with many collectibles, the values of $50 bills are all over the map — from face value ($50 ...