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A higher serial number. Serial numbers of all 8s and 9s can sell for thousands, because not all bills have been printed to full capacity with every run. A solid serial number that begins and ends ...
(On dollar bills and $2 bills, the series year only appears in the bottom right quadrant.) The years are represented by letters A-P as follows: ... Collectors love bills with low serial numbers ...
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 ...
A star replaces the letter at the end of the serial number — in this case the bill was serial number L 00000007 * — and is used when an imperfect sheet is found after the serial number has ...
This image depicts a unit of currency issued by the United States of America. If this is an image of paper currency or a coin not listed here , it is solely a work of the United States Government , is ineligible for US copyright , and is therefore in the public domain in the United States.
Also, on sheetfed notes, the plate numbers are preceded by a letter. On the web note, the backplate number is just to the side of TRUST in the motto IN GOD WE TRUST (red box). On the sheetfed note, the backplate number is to the lower right corner of the central white space (blue box). Web notes were made for three series of dollar bills.
Bills with red, brown and blue seals from 1862 through 1917 can be worth up to $1,000 or more on the U.S. Currency Auctions website, which bases the value on recent and past paper currency auctions.
1977 (): A new type of serial-number press results in a slightly different font. The old presses are gradually retired, and old-style serial numbers appear as late as 1981 for this denomination. 1992 (): For Series 1990, new anti-counterfeiting features are added: microprinting around the portrait, and a plastic strip embedded in the paper.