US Banknotes

More information is needed. Please post a new, separate question with the bill's date and whether is was issued by the Federal Government or by a private bank. If it's from a private bank, include the bank's name.

The X's of course are the Roman numeral for 10. Their resemblance to a sawbuck, a carpenter's device for holding large pieces of wood, earned these bills the nickname of "sawbucks".

As of 05/2010, $7.-$12 in circulated condition. Prices can be $50 or more for a nice uncirculated one though.

The green seal indicates your bill is a Federal Reserve Note, and the D indicates that it was actually printed in the late 1940s despite the early series date.

$2 bills weren't "invented". They were simply created as part of the first federally-issued paper money system, introduced during the Civil War.

The $2 denomination fits nicely into a standard 10-based currency system because 2 and 5 are both factors of 10. In fact, most countries with decimal currency have a $2 bill or its equivalent, and have 20¢ coins or their equivalent instead of 25¢ pieces.

The failure of the US to use both of those "natural" denominations is the result of various historical quirks and has nothing to do with either one of them being impractical or incorrect. The situation in the US is actually more the exception than the rule.

Banknotes aren't "invented". That refers to creating technology.

The denomination was introduced in 1862 as part of the first set of federally issued bills. It makes sense as part of a decimal currency system because 1, 2, and 5 are factors of 10; i.e. denominations should be $1, $2, $5; then $10, $20, $50, and so on.

Unfortunately during the late 19th century the $2 bill was commonly used to make bets at racetracks and pay for sexual services in those pre-inflation days. As a result it became associated with what the general public considered to be "unsavory" practices and its use declined significantly. Today $2 bills make up only about 1% of all bills in circulation, but even so that still amounts to hundreds of millions of them. Modern ones aren't rare or valuable, just uncommon, so feel free to ask for them at your bank and spend them.

Since a U.S. banknote weighs approximately one gram, the 3,750 bills needed to make up $75,000 in twenties would weigh about 3.75 kg., or around 8.25 lbs.

That's not counting the weight of the requisite sack or attaché case, of course.

The red seal indicates that your bill is a United States Note, a form of paper money issued until the early 1970s. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 B US 2 dollar bill?" for more information.

All $2 bills and some $5 and $100 bills were issued as US Notes during the period 1928-1971, although the last "series" date is 1966.

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Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. The US didn't print any bills dated 1956.

It's worth a few cents for the paper it's printed on, because it's not a genuine US bill - it's a well-known novelty item available online and in gift shops.

There's never been a 1 million dollar bill. The largest US bill ever printed for circulation was $10,000, and the largest ever printed (but not circulated) was $100,000.

There are no 1986-dated $1 bills, but regardless of the date, bills with pictures of Santa, Elvis, the Easter Bunny, et. al. on them are novelty items with no added value. Normally they're made by pasting a picture on top of Washington's portrait.

Please check again and post a new question. No US bills of any denomination are dated 1956, and the last $2 silver certificates were dated 1899.

There was only one series of 1974 $20 bills so none of them would have a series letter. You may be looking at the Federal Reserve District letter instead.

Please see the question "What is the value of a 1974 US 20 dollar bill?" for more information.

Please check your bill and post a new, separate question. "C" is the highest series letter on 1953 US $2 bills.

Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. There were no 1957 $5 bills, only $1 bills, and they all have blue seals.

Modern-date bills with consecutive serial numbers in a small group (in this case, 5 bills) are relatively easy to get from a bank. In general, they have little or no added value.

If they're all uncirculated, they'd probably be worth more for that fact than for being in sequential order. Even so, 2003 bills are new enough that an uncirculated one might retail for $3 or $4 at most.

No silver certificates were dated 1800. The first ones were issued in 1886. Please check again and post a new question.

The US didn't print any $2 bills dated 1932. Please check again and post a new question.