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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.
A $10,000 bill sold for $456,000 in 2021, the highest value ever commanded for such a note, according to Heritage Auctions. Older $2 Bills. People often have $2 bills tucked away in a drawer ...
The next planned circulating commemorative coin was a half dollar to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. The coin was to have been struck for one year only in 1932, however, no circulating half dollars were struck from 1930 until 1934 due to a lack of demand caused by the Great Depression . [ 20 ]
A solid serial number is one where every digit is the same, like 55555555. Only about one out of every 11 million notes is a solid, and they can be worth $500 or more.
After the New York banks suspended specie payments (quickly followed by Boston and Philadelphia) [11] the premium on gold rose from 1–3% over paper in early January 1862 to 9% over paper in June 1862, [10] by which time one paper dollar was worth 91.69 cents in gold. [10]
More recently, the USCA lists a value of $500 on certain uncirculated $2 bills from 1995. If you have a $2 bill from the 2003 premium Federal Reserve set of 12, you could get $700 or more.
The Eisenhower dollar, with the double date 1776–1976 Quarter Bicentennial reverse Half dollar Bicentennial reverse Dollar Bicentennial reverse (Type I) Dollar Bicentennial reverse (Type II) The United States Bicentennial coinage is a set of circulating commemorative coins , consisting of a quarter , half dollar and dollar struck by the ...
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.