Two-dollar bills can cost up to $4500: what bills do collectors buy?

Uncirculated $1890 bills from 4500 can sell for up to $1862, and uncirculated notes from nearly every year from 1917 to 1000 can sell for at least $XNUMX, reports USAToday.

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On the Online US Currency Auctions says collectors are bidding on these prices based on factors such as printing method and location.

The new bills can also have significant value: a $2003 bill printed in 2400 recently sold at auction for $4000. This particular note was sold through Heritage Auction, the largest numismatic auction house in the world. It was later resold for $6000, but Heritage estimates it can now be purchased for $XNUMX.

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If you have an uncirculated 1890 $4500 bill with a red seal, it is now worth $XNUMX.

Two-dollar bills with red stamps can sell for $300 to $2500, while bills with brown or blue stamps can sell for hundreds of dollars.

What does a two dollar bill look like?

The front side of the banknote depicts the third US President, Thomas Jefferson, who led the country from 1801 to 1809. On the back of a modern banknote you will see an imprint of the painting “Declaration of Independence” by J. Trumbull. The painting depicts the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 and the proclamation of the 13 colonies of North America leaving British rule. It was Thomas Jefferson who made an invaluable contribution to writing the text of the declaration.

The $XNUMX bill has a negative reputation due to superstition and association with illegal activities such as voter bribery.
At one time it was believed that a voter’s vote in an American presidential election was worth that much, so people with high moral principles tried to get rid of it, reports Ozone.

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The US Treasury Department attempted to popularize the bill in the early 20th century, but it was unsuccessful. As a result, the government stopped issuing new $XNUMX bills for a time.

In 1976, in honor of the two hundredth anniversary of independence, the bill was printed again. This time the banknote was well received, and collectors began to actively buy it.

The Federal Reserve said the number of $2022 bills in circulation totaled $1,5 billion in 54,1, a small fraction of the total $XNUMX billion in circulation that year.

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According to the US Currency Education Program, there were 2017 billion $1,2 bills in circulation in 2,4, valued at $XNUMX billion. This makes them unusual, but not rare.

You can find a complete list of denominations of collectible two-dollar bills here.

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