US Banknotes

It's worth 100 dollars.

In general, they have no added value.

Very few $1 bills were printed with red ink. That color was normally reserved for United States Notes which were mostly issued in higher denominations.

Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question with its date and what letter, if any, is next to the date. You don't need to include the serial number, though.

Check that note again. The first U.S. silver certificates were issued in 1878.

24 $20 bills are worth $480, even in a set with consecutive serial numbers. The only way they would be worth more is if they're older bills in good condition.

More information is needed. Most 20th-century US $500.00 bills were only printed as Federal Reserve Notes or Gold Certificates, and the last $500 US Notes were printed in 1880.

Please post a new, separate question with the bill's date, what letter if any is next to the date, and its seal color.

The star indicates it's a note printed to replace one that was damaged during the printing process. While some "star notes" can be moderately valuable, modern $20 bills are so common that the star may add only a couple of dollars at most.

That would be the $10 bill, featuring Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, and the $100 with Benjamin Franklin (scientist, inventor, statesman).

All US bills are printed on a special paper made of a blend of cotton and linen fibers. Unlike common paper, it doesn't contain wood fibers. Its supply is tightly controlled and only available to the government.

It looks like this:

because there are no million-dollar US bills and never have been. The largest denomination printed for circulation was $10,000; the largest US bill ever made was a series of special $100,000 notes printed for use inside the government.

There are no U.S. dollar bills dated 1994, but all U.S. currency from the 1990s is still legal tender at face value.

Not in the United States. The last bills above $100 were printed in the 1940s and withdrawn from circulation in the late 1960s. They are still legal tender at face value, but are worth more to collectors.

$2. It's an ordinary $2 bill with a sticker pasted over Jefferson's portrait.

It's worth exactly 100 dollars.

Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president.

The US didn't print any $2 bills dated 1920. Please check again and post a new, separate question.

Yes. They were only issued as series 1988A, because a new US Treasurer had been appointed before the bills were printed.

If the bill is dated before 1990, it was printed in Washington DC. For later bills, look to the right of the Treasury Seal. In very small print, there will be a letter and number such as D182 or H7, which indicates the plate position of that bill during printing. If there are the letters FW just before it, the bill was printed in Fort Worth. If not, then it was printed in DC.

The only US silver certificates with yellow seals were 1935 A $1 bills specially-printed for use by Allied troops in North Africa.

As of 04/2014 values are $10 to $20 in average condition, and $200 or more for an uncirculated bill.

The distinctive color and overprint were intended to make it easy to declare the bills worthless if they fell into enemy hands.

As you can see by checking the bills in your wallet, the only wording on the back of current $10 bills (except for the denomination) is:

- The words United States of America

- The national motto In God We Trust

- A caption identifying the image of the US Treasury building

The US doesn't issue commemorative bills. Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question including its date, seal color, and what letter if any is next to the date.

You don't have to copy the serial number because that rarely helps ID a bill for evaluation.

The Treasury Department determines whose portraits appear on US currency, but they rarely provide specific information about their choices.

Certainly Jefferson is considered to be one of our greatest presidents as well as being one of the most important figures in founding the US, so it's reasonable that his picture should be alongside other men such as Washington and Franklin.

Older U.S. currency is still legal tender at face value, but may be worth more to collectors.

Note: silver certificates are no longer redeemable for silver (likewise with gold certificates).

A U.S. $100,000 bill is worth about $1.6 million

If it's paint and not ink from a printing error at the Treasury, it's only worth face value.

If the "paint" is actually US Treasury ink, you should have it looked at by a dealer. Many but not all printing errors can bring a premium.

Note that so many 1976 $2 bills were printed that any ordinary ones you might find are only worth face value. A nice uncirculated one might sell for $4 or $5 however.