Check your cash: ‘Fancy’ serial numbers worth big bucks (2024)

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What $100 serial numbers are valuable? ›

But solids, like 88888888, are also highly prized, as are sequentially numbered “ladders,” like 87654321. Other coveted fancy serial numbers include: Repeaters (36643664) Super repeaters (36363636)

Serial Number

A unique combination of eleven numbers and letters appears twice on the front of the note. Each note has a unique serial number. The first letter of the serial number corresponds to the series year. A “star” suffix is used to identify notes that serve as replacements during the production process.

“A serial number '1' for a 1976 $2 bill would be worth $20,000 or more. But [for] a majority of those people holding 1976 $2 bills, they are only worth face value. There are very few that actually exceed face value.” Other high-value serial numbers include what collectors call “solid” or “ladders.”

Hold the note to light to see an embedded thread running vertically to the left of the portrait. The thread is imprinted with the letters USA and the numeral 100 in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note. The thread glows pink when illuminated by ultraviolet light.

“Oddities that can make currency more valuable include currency that was never circulated, printing mishaps, bills with a serial number consisting of the same digit repeated and high-denomination bills that are no longer printed — $500 and above,” said Todd Stearn, founder and CEO of The Money Manual.

For Android, look for your serial number in "Settings > About Phone". You can usually find the serial number on the back of the phone or in the case it comes in.

If your $2 bill dates back to 1886 and has a red seal with a silver certificate, you're in luck. That bill is worth $4,500. A number of other iterations of the $2 bills with a red seal can also fetch well over a $1,000. Bills with brown seals are also very valuable.

Any $2 bill dating back to 1976 that has been in circulation – and any uncirculated versions since 2003 – are worth only their face value, USCA says. Uncirculated bills between 1976 and 2003 range in estimated value from $2.25 to as much as $500.

Is a $2 bill worth $5000? ›

Although $2 bills are rare to find, if you own one, there's a chance it has a high value. Based on specific factors, some versions of the currency may be worth up to $5,000, per the US Currency Price Guide. FOX 13 Tampa reported that these bills were discontinued by 1966 but brought back 10 years later.

Assuming you're talking about US currency—although it would be great if Quora users would learn that there's a whole world outside the United States, even other countries that use the dollar as their national currencies, and not the US version either—the 1996 $100 bill is worth $100 in circulated (used) condition.

Most 1985 series $100 star notes are worth around $200 in extremely fine condition. In uncirculated condition the value is around $425 for notes with an MS 63 grade. Star notes issued from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are more valuable.

How much is a 1977 $100 bill worth today? - Quora. As legal tender, it's still worth $100. Just keep in mind that it only buys about 1/5 as much as it did in 1977. If you bought an item for $100 in 1977, it would cost you $506 today.