US Banknotes

It is impossible to answer without knowing the condition and the denomination.

50 dollars. It's too new and too many were printed for it to have any collectible premium.

$1.00

One good site is linked below; there are many others.

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Assuming it's a US $100 bill, yes, it's worth $100. Someone took a stamp pad and added the picture of the animal.

It's easy if the bill was printed from 1928 to 1953, the last series year $5 silver certificates were issued. All bills will have the words SILVER CERTIFICATE in the banner across the top, and with one exception they'll all have blue seals and serial numbers. The only exception is a series of special 1934 and 1934 A bills printed for use in Hawaii during WWII; these have brown seals but still say Silver Certificate.

Older bills may have the words Silver Certificate or they may say something like "Five Silver Dollars" on them.

Your bill was actually printed in Washington. Minneapolis is the location of the Federal Reserve Bank that requested and distributed that set of bills.

Up to 1991, all US currency was printed at a single facility in the nation's capital. Since then production has been shared with a plant in Fort Worth.

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

There are 6 coins - 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents, and 1 dollar

There are 7 bills - 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 dollars

Many other circulating denominations were issued in the past. Among others:

Coins - ½, 2, 3, and 20 cents; $2.50, $3, $4, $5, $10, and $20

Bills - 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents; $500, $1000, $5000, and $10,000

The brown seal and wording in the banner across the bill's top front identify it as a National Currency note. Hundreds of private banks issued National Currency notes under federal charter; prices range from barely above face value to many thousands of dollars making it almost impossible to evaluate a bill online. While this site attempts to provide a specific answer to every question posted, the wide variety of these bills means it's better to have them inspected in person by a dealer or appraiser.

Some National Currency notes were issued by Federal Reserve banks, however. If your bill has the words "Federal Reserve Bank" to the left of the portrait, please see the question "What is the value of a 1929 US 20 dollar Federal Reserve Note?"

During the Great Depression the government eliminated privately-issued currency as part of its efforts to stabilize the economy. National Currency notes were discontinued following the 1929 series, although bills continued to be printed with that date for a few more years.

For any US paper bill, a "star note" is a bill printed to replace a bill that was damaged during the printing process. For security and bookkeeping reasons it's difficult for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to have gaps in the serial numbers printed on bills, so the numbers of the damaged bills are reused but one of the letters is replaced with a small asterisk to indicate that the bill is a reprint.

Many collectors are interested in star notes because they're unusual and not commonly seen in circulation. However, in most (but not all) cases star notes are only moderately more valuable than their standard counterparts.

No. That's the current design and hundreds of millions are being printed.

There is an urban legend that the new fives are somehow "errors" because they have the same 2006 date as the previous green-and-black bills. However bills are dated by "series" years corresponding to the Secretary of the Treasury who was in office when the printing was authorized. The last set of green/black bills and the first new purple/gray ones were both issued under the administration of Secretary John Paulson, so they all have the same date, 2006. The next series will probably be dated 2009, the year that Timothy Geitner took office as the new Secretary.

There are no plans, nor any compelling reason, for the US to stop printing $50 bills. In fact, they now see more circulation due to increased prices so it would make very little financial or political sense to stop making them.

Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. The US didn't print any bills dated 1924.

...Nothing. There is and was no US one million dollar bill in circulation. It is a privately made novelty item that isn't worth more than the money used to print it.

It's almost never a wise idea to cash in old paper currency.

Banks are not permitted to buy collectible money; they can only exchange it for current coins or bills at face value. All you'd get would be a nice 21st century $1 bill or $1 coin. However depending on its condition and series letter, a 1928 US 1 dollar silver certificate can be worth anywhere from a few dollars to over $1000 to a collector so it should be evaluated by a dealer or appraiser.

Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 1 dollar silver certificate?" for more information.

• MDCCLXXVI is of course the date 1776, expressed in Roman numerals
• Annuit Cœptis is a partial phrase from the longer "Providence has approved our undertakings" (or "endeavours")
• Novus Ordo Seclorum means "[A] New Order of the Ages"

It depends on how you define "old". Security strips were introduced with the 1990 "big head" redesign. Bills dated before that don't have the strip or watermark.

No. The largest denomination ever printed was $100,000.

In spite of its age, a 1969 $10 bill is common among collectors. As of 4/2012, values are around $12 for a circulated bill and $17-18 for an uncirculated one, regardless of the series letter.

The same thing that it means on all US coins and paper money - that the US is generally a religious nation and puts its faith in God.

The phrase's use has had a checkered history, often in times of national peril. It was first put on the 2¢ piece in 1864, during the Civil War, as an expression of faith during that terrible conflict. It was soon added to several other coins but it took until 1938 for it to appear on all circulating denominations.

During that long period it was never printed on paper money, though. But in 1955, during the Cold War, Congress passed a law mandating that it appear on paper money as well. The motto's use was seen as a way to express the country's faith in the face of the very real threat of Soviet communism which was officially atheistic. By 1957 it had been added to $1 bills and was rapidly put on all other denominations.

Unfortunately its presence has been a matter of contention between groups at the extreme ends of the political spectrum, with some people claiming that it violates the separation of church and state, while other, more prevalent organizations push for it to be displayed more prominently and in more places while spreading rumors that the phrase may be abolished at any moment. For the vast majority, though, it's not a major consideration.