US Banknotes

Benjamin Franklin's picture has been on US $100 bills for about 3/4 of a century so more information is needed. Please post a new question with the bill's seal color, date, and what letter if any is next to the date. The serial number isn't necessary, though.

Despite its age and now-unusual design, 1953 $5 U.S. Notes are common among collectors.

As of 10/2013 auction prices for a circulated Series B bill range from $3 to $6 depending on condition. Uncirculated ones go for $12 or more, however.

Since 1928, all US bills have had the same dimensions: 156 mm long × 66.3 mm wide × 0.11 mm thick, with a weight of 1 gram.

Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. Barr's signature only appeared on series 1963 B $1 bills.

Even though Barr served as Treasury Secretary for only a month or so at the end of the Johnson administration, $1 bills with his signature continued to be printed for a long time afterwards. The final total was over a half-billion so they're hardly rare. Many sellers on eBay are under the mistaken impression that these bills are scarce - or are trying to play off others' lack of knowledge - and are attempting to charge highly inflated prices.

There were no federally-issued $1000 bills dated 1887. However many private banks issued bills at that time. Please post a new, separate question with more information including the name of the issuing bank.

Your bill sounds like it might have a "flipover" error. My advice would be to have it examined in person by someone who deals with error currency because auction values can exceed $300.

Bills are printed in multiple steps on large sheets of paper. A flipover error can happen if someone accidentally feeds a sheet in the press upside-down and/or backwards.

The answer is easy - ALL "one million dollar" or "one billion dollar" bills are fake. They're novelty items you can buy in a gift shop or online for a few dollars.

$1000 is the largest-denomination silver certificate ever printed.

$10,000 is the largest bill ever printed for circulation.

$100,000 is the largest bill ever printed, but these were never circulated.

$50 + $5 + $2 + $2 + $2 +$2.

It doesn't look like anything because the last silver certificates were $1 bills dated 1957.

You can find many pictures of other dates by looking online at sites such as the one linked below.

A nice uncirculated one might retail for $1.25 to $1.50. Any of the billions that are already in circulation will be worth exactly $1.

$20

Your bill most likely has what's called a "stuck counter" error. It could be worth anywhere from $100 to $200 but should be examined in person by an expert in error currency to get a more specific valuation.

Serial numbers are printed by a pair of counters that work a bit like the mechanical odometers that cars had many years ago. The counters are supposed to be synchronized but sometimes one gets caught and lags behind the other, resulting in a set of mismatched serial numbers.

There were never 1963 5.00 silver certificates made. The last year of 5.00 silver certificates was 1957. Although, there were 1963 red seal certificates.

Please take another look at your bill. All US bills printed since the 1970s have had green seals. Red is used for part of the background of current $10 bills but the last ones with red seals were large-size United States Notes issued in 1923.

That said, a green-seal 2004 A $10 bill has no extra value.

All 1928 $5 Federal Reserve Notes carried the phrase "Redeemable in Gold", although they weren't gold certificates and in fact no gold certificates with that denomination were printed.

Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 A US 5 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for more information.

Torn US bills (banknotes) can be redeemed for new currency at a bank provided that

(1) At least 2/3 of the bill is intact

(2) At least one serial number is completely visible

Those rules are intended to prevent people from tearing bills in half and redeeming each for full value.

The Treasury also has special provisions for redeeming money that was damaged by fire, water, insects, etc.

There is no definite price on this type of bill. The value really depends on who is looking at it. Try many different shops if you are looking to sell it in order to get the best price.

Benjamin franklin

Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. There are no 1975 US bills.

The US didn't print any bills dated 1939. Please check again and post a new, separate question.

There were no series letters on 1988 US $50 bills. You may be looking at the Federal Reserve District letter. Series letters, if present, are small and next to a bill's date.

There's more information at the Related Question.

Unfortunately the answer is almost certainly "not much". Huge numbers of 1957 $1 bills were printed in the run-up to introducing $1 Federal Reserve Notes and many of those were saved because they were the last silver certificates. In six decades the value of a 1957 bill in average condition has increased by maybe 50 cents so they're definitely not a good investment, just interesting curiosities and conversation pieces.

I have seen them sell for $500. They are sought after. But you can still find a cheap one once in a while. I picked one up for $180 Canadian a few months ago. The seller had it in his mind that because it's laminated it's not worth much. A good quality laminate is better than a poor or mediocre quality solid wood. Any luthier will tell you that. I have collected Yamahas for over 30 years I eventually end up selling them when i get too many or need cash. I have sold an FG140 for 550 but it was in almost mint shape. You can get 300 easily if it's playable. They were known for terrible string height (action) . Keep in mind too that there were 2 red labels. The rare one says 'Nippon Gakki' on it. They were nicknamed 'The Poor Man's Martin'. I had a buddy once that had a Martin D-18 and was always ragging on Japanese guitars so i challenged him to play my FG140 and his D-18 in the dark and tell me the difference. At first he swore i kept handing him the same guitar, but finally admitted it was a great guitar. So if you don't really need the money don't sell it