Current:Home > FinanceIs your $2 bill worth $2,400 or more? Probably not, but here are some things to check. -Wealth Evolution Experts
Is your $2 bill worth $2,400 or more? Probably not, but here are some things to check.
Charles H. Sloan View
Date:2025-04-07 09:35:53
When a $2 bill printed in 2003 sold at an auction for $2,400, it prompted a viral interest in the value of these relatively uncommon notes. But, the numismatic auction house that sold it is asking people to hold their horses.
Not every $2 bill is likely to have a higher value, Heritage Auction, the largest numismatic auction house in the world told KENS5.
Ever since that lucky 2003 note resold for $4,000, Raiden Honaker, the consignment director at Heritage Auction told KENS5 the phones haven't stopped ringing.
"It blew up across the country," Honaker told the outlet. "It was cool to see the interest in numismatics. People started digging out those $2 bills to see if they hit the jackpot."
But while, possessing a $2 note could yield you a huge profit, not all notes are worth more than face value.
$2 bills:Do you have a $2 bill lying around? It could be worth nearly $5,000 depending on these factors
Uncommon but not rare
Out of the $54.1 billion currency that circulated in 2022, only $3 billion were $2 notes. The note is considered uncommon but not rare.
U.S. Currency Auctions estimates that uncirculated $2 bills from 1890 could sell for up to $4,500, and uncirculated bills from nearly every year between 1862 and 1917 for at least $1,000.
'Vintage' iPhone:A first-generation iPhone sold for $190K at an auction this week. Here's why.
Which $2 bills are worth money
"Out of all the $2 notes that are issued, probably 99% of them are worth face value," Honaker told KEN5. "Over the past five years, more than 100 million two-dollar notes have been printed. So, beyond common."
The value of these bills depends on several factors including:
- Serial number: Honaker told KEN5 that collectors like notes with low serial numbers.
- Error: Notes with a dramatic error could be worth more.
- Condition: The more pristine the condition, the higher the value.
- Seal: A note with a red seal can sell for $300 to $2,500, while those with brown or blue seals may fetch hundreds.
veryGood! (38)
Related
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using 'incognito mode'
- For transgender youth in crisis, hospitals sometimes compound the trauma
- Boeing urges airlines to check its 737 Max jets for loose bolts
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Ring out old year and ring in the new with deals at Starbucks, Taco Bell, McDonald's and more
- Missing teenager found in man’s bedroom under trap door
- Navy Airman brings his brother to tears with a surprise wedding day reunion
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- Mexican president inaugurates centralized ‘super pharmacy’ to supply medicines to all of Mexico
Ranking
- Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
- Prosecutors say there’s no need for a second trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
- Kathy Griffin files for divorce from husband of almost 4 years: 'This sucks'
- The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- A 17-year-old foreign exchange student is missing in Utah; Chinese parents get ransom note
- Gary Oldman calls his 'Harry Potter' performance as Sirius Black 'mediocre'
- Migrant crossings at U.S. southern border reach record monthly high in December
Recommendation
Tarte Shape Tape Concealer Sells Once Every 4 Seconds: Get 50% Off Before It's Gone
Top global TikToks of 2023: Mr. Bean of math, makeup demo, capybaras!
Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem survives qualifying match and a brush with venomous snake
Bowl game schedule today: Breaking down the four college football bowl games on Dec. 29
McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
Colts TE Drew Ogletree charged with felony domestic battery, per jail records
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors
All Apple Watches are back on sale after court pauses import ban upheld by White House