The banner across the top of your bill identifies it as a United States Note. These bills were printed with red ink to distinguish them from silver certificates (blue) and Federal Reserve Notes (green).
US Notes were issued directly by the federal government rather than through the Federal Reserve System. The two kinds of currency served the same purpose so production of US Notes was suspended in 1971 to save on printing and distribution costs.
Please check your bill again. All 1953 series $10 bills were printed as blue-seal Silver Certificates.
All Series 1953 US $2 bills were printed as red-seal US Notes. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1953 US 2 dollar bill?" for more information.
Please check your bill again and post a new question. No US $100 bills were printed in 1953, and the last blue-seal hundreds were National Currency notes dated 1918.
Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. > All 1953 US $2 bills were printed as United States Notes with red seals. > "C" is the highest series letter for 1953 $2 bills.
1953 red print two dollar bills can be broken up into four different types by signature combination: 1953 - Ivy Baker Priest (Treasurer of The United States) and G.M. Humphrey (Secretary of the Treasury) 1953A - Ivy Baker Priest and Robert B Anderson 1953B - Elizabeth Rudel Smith and C. Douglas Dillon 1953C - Kathryn O'Hay Granahan and C. Douglas Dillon All the different 1953 red seal two dollar bills are equally common. In average condition any 1953 red print $2 should sell for about $2.50 to a dealer or collector. If you have a run of 100 consecutive red writing two dollar bills, expect about $8 per note. The same $8 applies to smaller runs of consecutive notes. Red seal two dollar bills from 1953 are frequently encountered with a star at the beginning of the serial number. 1953 $2 star notes typically sell for about $5 if they are in decent condition. Expect about $15 if they are uncirculated. Across the four different types of 1953 red seal two dollar bills there were 79,920,000 notes printed. An additional 3,960,000 1953 star notes were printed. You can see why 1953 two dollar bills aren't rare today and why they will never be rare.
Please check your bill again. All 1953 series $10 bills were printed as blue-seal Silver Certificates.
All Series 1953 US $2 bills were printed as red-seal US Notes. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1953 US 2 dollar bill?" for more information.
Please check again. T he last red-seal $1 bills were dated 1928, and the US didn't print any $1 bills dated 1953, regardless of seal color.Red-ink $2 and $5 bills were printed that year. Please see the Related Questions for more information.
Please check your bill again and post a new question. No US $100 bills were printed in 1953, and the last blue-seal hundreds were National Currency notes dated 1918.
Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. > All 1953 US $2 bills were printed as United States Notes with red seals. > "C" is the highest series letter for 1953 $2 bills.
1953 red print two dollar bills can be broken up into four different types by signature combination: 1953 - Ivy Baker Priest (Treasurer of The United States) and G.M. Humphrey (Secretary of the Treasury) 1953A - Ivy Baker Priest and Robert B Anderson 1953B - Elizabeth Rudel Smith and C. Douglas Dillon 1953C - Kathryn O'Hay Granahan and C. Douglas Dillon All the different 1953 red seal two dollar bills are equally common. In average condition any 1953 red print $2 should sell for about $2.50 to a dealer or collector. If you have a run of 100 consecutive red writing two dollar bills, expect about $8 per note. The same $8 applies to smaller runs of consecutive notes. Red seal two dollar bills from 1953 are frequently encountered with a star at the beginning of the serial number. 1953 $2 star notes typically sell for about $5 if they are in decent condition. Expect about $15 if they are uncirculated. Across the four different types of 1953 red seal two dollar bills there were 79,920,000 notes printed. An additional 3,960,000 1953 star notes were printed. You can see why 1953 two dollar bills aren't rare today and why they will never be rare.
Please see the question "What is the value of a 1953 C US 2 dollar bill?" for more information. The red seal indicates that it's a United States Note, a form of currency issued until the late 1960s. All 1953 US $2 bills were printed as US Notes.
The United States printed red seal $2 bills for 1953 and $5 blue seals for 1953. Both are worth a couple dollars over their face value.
No. Red-seal $2 notes were printed in the 1917, 1928, and 1953 series.
Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. 1934 $5 bills were printed as blue-seal silver certificates and green-seal Federal Reserve Notes. US Notes have red seals; the $5 denomination of that currency type was printed in 1928, 1953, and 1963.
The red seal indicates the bill is a United States Note, a form of currency printed from 1862 to about 1970. US Notes were a kind of parallel currency that circulated alongside FRN's until they were discontinued to reduce the overhead of printing multiple types of bills. For values, please see the question "What is the value of a 1953 US 5 dollar bill with a red seal?" for more information.
Please don't assume that because a bill is old it has to be a silver certificate. As the red seal and banner across your bill's front indicate, it's a United States Note. You didn't provide a denomination, but only $2 and $5 bills were printed with that seal color and date. Please see one of these two questions for more information: "What is the value of a 1953 B US 2 dollar bill?" "What is the value of a 1953 B US 5 dollar bill with a red seal?"