US Banknotes

Please check your bill again. "A" is the only series letter for a 1963 US $2 bill. In any case, these bills are common among dealers and collectors. They retail for only 25 to 50 cents over face value, in average condition.

If the bill is a Federal Reserve Note dated 1976 or later, it's an ordinary bill that was "enhanced" by a private company and sold as an instant collectible. However banknote collectors consider "enhanced", "colorized", and other modified bills to be altered/damaged items with no added value.

If the bill is earlier than 1976 please post a new question with the bill's date.

A series 1917 $2 bill in poor (good) condition is worth around $50

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There are a lot of unfounded rumors related to US $2 bills, none of them true.

Some people consider them "lucky" because they think they're rare. It's true they only make up about 1% of the bills in the US, but there are so many other bills that 1% still amounts to hundreds of millions of twos. In other words $2 bills are uncommon, but they're definitely not rare.

Unfortunately, for reasons dating back to the 19th century, many more people think they're UNlucky, At that time the denomination was frequently used by gamblers and patrons of brothels. In that puritanical age, other people refused to use $2 bills because they were afraid someone might think they'd been to one of those unsavory venues. In some parts of the country rumors spread that the bills themselves had actually become "contaminated" by their use in illicit activities!

Low use today is a kind of circular problem. Because 2s are seen infrequently people who do get them in change tend to hold them as "curiosities" instead of returning them to circulation. That makes them even less common so still more disappear into drawers and safe deposit boxes. In addition, their low circulation means that cash drawers don't have slots for 2s and many vending machines aren't programmed to read them, giving people still more reasons not to use them and again making their use even less frequent. That makes the US unique among major countries like Canada, the UK, the EU, Australia, and others, all of which have a $2 denomination or its equivalent in widespread use.

Please check your bill again. Its date should be 1935. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1935 US 1 dollar bill with HAWAII on it?"

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Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. There were no US bills dated 1959 and the last silver certificates were 1957-series $1 bills.

Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. "B" is the highest series letter for 1953 $5 silver certificates.

$5=Lincoln

$10=Hamilton

$20=Jackson

$50=Grant

$100=Franklin

On the American 10 dollar bill, there is Alexander Hamilton, who is one of the non presidents on the dollar bills.Did you know who was the first president in the United Sates?

Please check your bill again. The date should be 1934. The only bills dated 1935 were $1 silver certificates.

There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1934 US 20 dollar bill with HAWAII on it?"

Post a new question and include the date.

Please don't assume that because a bill is old it has to be a silver certificate. As the banner across the top and green seal indicate, your bill is a Federal Reserve Note.

See the question "What is the value of a 1934 US 100 dollar bill?" for more information.

$100 is currently the highest-denomination bill issued in the US.

The largest bank note the US ever printed was $100,000. It wasn't intended for general circulation and was only used between branches of the Federal Reserve. It was printed in orange and featured a picture of Woodrow Wilson.

Other large bills were:

*The $500 bill - William McKinley

*The $1,000 bill - Grover Cleveland

*The $5,000 bill - James Madison

*The $10,000 bill - Salmon P. Chase

Printing of those denominations was suspended in 1945 due to low demand. In July 1969 the government ended distribution of all bills larger than $100 in an effort to stop their use by organized crime.

The great majority of these "bills" are actually promotional items made in the 1960s. They don't have the word COPY or REPLICA on them because it wasn't required at the time. It still might be worth having it examined by a dealer but be prepared to be told it's not a real bill.

The US didn't print any bills dated 1978. Please check again and post a new question.

The US didn't print any bills dated 1959. Please check again and post a new, separate question.

$20 bills don't have pictures of airplanes on them.

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Check the bill carefully because it's sometimes difficult to read the printing due to wear. If the word is actually misspelled, you may have a counterfeit. One faker created a bunch of bills with the name spelled Washngton or Washnigton.

Also, hold the bill up to the light and see if there are tiny red and blue fibers embedded in the paper. If not, the bill is almost guaranteed to be a fake. The absence of a watermark or security strip does not mean the bill is fake, however - NO US $1 bills, even current ones, have either of those security features.

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They're still worth two dollars.

Two dollar bills generally are not counterfeited, so odds are it's genuine. If you're not sure, take a close look at the paper. A real bill will have tiny red and blue fibers embedded in the material.