Your 1 Dollar Bill Could Be Worth up To $150,000: How to Figure Out Its TRUE Value
Before you spend that $1 bill on a soda or candy bar, you might want to double-check something. According to Weathynickel.com, some of those bills could be worth up to $150,000. To learn how to check if yours is and why some currency and coin collectors across the country are willing to pay so much for it, keep scrolling.
All about the 1 dollar bill exchange rate
In 2014 and 2016, the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing accidentally printed multiple batches of one-dollar bills with duplicate serial numbers, technically making each bill a counterfeit. However, since this mistake was caught after the cash had already been distributed, there was nothing anyone could do.
Currently, there are 6.4 million pairs of these duplicated one-dollar bills, and while that may seem like a lot, matching them up is very difficult due to how fast money moves around. As of the date of publication, only 37 pairs have been found.
This isn’t stopping currency and coin collectors nationwide, though. All of them are currently on a hunt to discover the rest of the pairs, and you can help them — and make a little money in the process — by simply checking your own one dollar bills.
First, check the series date in George Washington’s picture. If it reads “Series 2013,” then double-check that the bill has a “B” Federal Reserve Seal above the serial number. Finally, if both of those things are there, check if the serial has a star (*) number that falls between B00000001* – B00250000* or B03200001*-B09600000*. If so, you might just be one of the lucky people in possession of one of the duplicated bills.
What to do if you think your one dollar bill is worth money
If you have determined that you think your one-dollar bill is worth more than a dollar, the next step would be to submit the serial number to the Project 2013B database.
Project 2013B is an online website dedicated to helping people find people with matching serial numbers and if it tells you that your bill was involved in the 2014 and 2016 duplication scandal then the next step would be to find the other bill, match them up and then find a currency/coin collector to sell it to.
The duplicated one-dollar bills are currently going for up to $150,000 dollars, depending on the condition.
It is important to note, though, that finding these one-dollar bills is going to be extremely rare and hard as they were printed over eight years ago and could be anywhere in the world by now
Other bills that are worth a lot of money
The 2014 and 2016 one-dollar bills aren't the pieces of cash that are with money. In fact there are quite a few others that currency and coin collectors are interested in. They are (in no particular order):
Flippers: These are bills whose serial numbers read the same way, upside down, as they do right side up. Think lots of 0’s, 6’s/9’s and 8’s.
Repeaters: Repeaters are bills that have the same block of numbers repeated over and over again. An example would be 123412341234
Super repeaters: Super repeaters have the same concept as normal repeaters, but instead of being a block of repairing numbers, they are just the same two. An example of this one would be 24242424.
Low serial numbers: Sometimes, low is better in terms of serial numbers. Collectors worldwide are always on the lookout for anything with a serial number below 00001000.
High serial numbers: Just like with a low serial number, sometimes they want them to be higher than 99999900.
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