According to the U.S. Currency Auctions, an uncirculated $2 bill from 1890 could be worth up to $4,500. That’s a whole lot of bang for your buck. Uncirculated bills from every year between 1862 and 1917 could sell for $1,000 today! Some of the factors playing into these rates include printing method and location.
It’s not just the super old $2 bills that have some value to them. A $2 bill from 2003 recently sold at auction $2,400 due to having a very low serial number. It was sold through the Heritage Auction, the largest numismatic auction house in the world. It was later resold for $4,000 and could potentially be purchased for $6,000 now.
Currently an uncirculated bill from 1890 with a red seal is valued at $4,500. $2 bills with red seals can sell from between $300 and $2,500. $2 bills with brown or blue seals are estimated for several hundred dollars. And to think there are people in the world today who think $2 bills don’t exist. If only they knew the true value some of these bills hold.
Interestingly enough, $2 bills have quite the negative reputation. They were previously associated with illegal activities like voter bribery. The U.S. Treasury would try to make the $2 bill popular in the early 20th century, but failed. A result of that failure was that new bills were not printed for a period of time. It would be later reintroduced in 1976 and is still in circulation today.
As of 2022 there are 1.5 billion $2 bills in circulation, making up a small fraction of the $54.1 billion currency circulated that year. $2 bills are very uncommon to find these days, but not rare. If you happen to have one of those bills with Thomas Jefferson on the front, you should check it’s potential value.
