US Banknotes

It's usually enough to just look at the bill's series date and letter (if any) to get an idea of the year or years when it may have been printed. If you want to know a more specific date within that range the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and other sites have tables that can help match a particular serial number / series date combination with the month in which the bill was printed.

In general though, the series date and letter are sufficient to determine a bill's value. Please see the Related Question for more information.

USD $ 1 dollar bill

Yes. All US bills are printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at two facilities. Bills printed in Washington DC don't have any special identification on them; those made at the Fort Worth facility have a small "FW" next to the plate position indicator which is a letter and a small number. For example a Washington bill might have a position indicator like B12 or D8 while a Fort Worth bill could have FWC6

FWIW, many people mistakenly believe the US Mint prints bills. Actually the Mint only makes coins and the BEP only makes bills. They're completely separate operations.

If they are US two dollar bills, yes. Contrary to popular misunderstanding, $2 bills are and always have been legal tender. The denomination has never been discontinued. It's only printed in relatively small numbers (less than 1% of all currency) but that still amounts to hundreds of millions of bills.

Technically, banks are still required to exchange older bills for modern currency. HOWEVER .... that may not make any financial sense because they can only exchange at face value. Nearly all large-denomination bills are worth more as collectibles so you'd be better off getting an offer from a buyer.

There is no one million dollar bill in US currency.

Redemption of silver certificates for silver dollars was halted in March 1964 when the price of silver increased dramatically. The step was taken to prevent people from trading $1 silver certificates for coins that could be melted and sold for as much as $20 or $30 each.

After that date the government continued to redeem silver certificates for bullion, but the amount of metal that you could get depended on the daily price of silver.

By 1968 the precious metals market was fully privatized. The government ended all redemption of silver certificates for bullion on June 24 of that year because it was then possible to buy silver on the open market and there was no need for the Treasury to operate its own metal business.

The eagle is the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States. The pyramid is the reverse side of the Seal.

Take it to a coin dealer or a local coin show, but don't expect much, the first day issue stuff has very low resale values.

The first $1 bill to carry a portrait of a president was issued in 1869. Like modern $1 bills it carried a portrait of George Washington, but the image wasn't the same. Among other things, Washington faced to the left side of the bill rather than to the right.

Washington's portrait wasn't on all $1 bills, though. The first federally-issued $1 bills were released in 1863 and carried a portrait of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. Later bills featured Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Gen. Washington's wife Martha.

A portrait of Washington returned in 1918 and the current image, based on a painting by Gilbert Stuart, was adopted in 1923.

While many people incorrectly believe the choice of people to appear on US currency is legally limited to presidents, in actuality the only restriction is that no living person can be depicted. For example, current bills carry portraits of Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin, neither of whom served as presidents. The choice of images is solely at the discretion of the Treasury Department; older bills have carried portraits of inventors, explorers, cabinet members, and Native Americans among other images.

It's a plate position number. US bills are printed in sheets of 32 at a time. They're then cut up into individual bills. The small letter/number combinations are position indicators to determine where in the sheet a particular image was located before cutting. Other bills will have different indicators.

If you get a set of bills with consecutive serial numbers, it's interesting to arrange them by serial number and look for the pattern formed by the position indicators, and vice versa.

The US didn't print any bills dated 1943. Please check your bill and post a new, separate question.

Assuming it's a modern green-seal bill dated 1976 or later, it'll only be worth $2 unless it's in brand-new uncirculated condition. Even though the denomination doesn't circulate much, hundreds of millions have been printed so they're just too common.

If the bill is older, the only way to know what it will be worth in 20 years is to have a really good crystal ball, because no one can predict the future.

Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question with its date and what letter if any is next to the date. If the bill is older than 1950, include its seal color as well.

yes it is worth more to a collector

As of 06/2014 it has no added value, even in uncirculated condition.

Normally it would be necessary to have its denomination but the only bill fitting that description is a $1 silver certificate. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1935 G US 1 dollar silver certificate?" for detailed information.

A 1935 G silver certificate is a type of U.S. currency that was issued in the Great Depression era, redeemable for silver dollar coins. If a portion of the note is sticking out with a plate number, it likely indicates a miscut or error during the printing process. This can potentially increase its collectible value among numismatists. The plate number refers to the specific printing plate used, which can also be a factor in its rarity and desirability.

Might be big bucks, but depends on the note variety...

Could be worth something, depending on its condition and variety (signature combinations, variants, etc).

Send a scan, I appraise for free: support@papermoneysite.us and will buy notes too.

Ten dollar bills made in 1950 only went to the series letter E. You may be looking at the serial number, the plate number or another security feature.

its aproximently worth 4,562,000 us dollars

It can have anyone you like, because there's no such thing as a real million dollar bill.

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.

It is really impossible to say without knowing the condition of your bill. Condition is everything and can mean the difference between a $20 bill and a $200.

Except for those with printing errors, all modern-date $100 bills are worth only face value unless they're uncirculated.