![]() ![]() ![]() Although many pieces of old currency are extremely scarce, a surprising number of notes from throughout the 20th century remain accessible and still occasionally turn up in circulation. The United States has been issuing one dollar bills since 1862 and the variety is amazing (see History for more information). Of course there is no reason to limit yourself to the modern era. ![]() Although it's technically possible to pursue the entire realm and try to accumulate one example of each note, you might choose to start out by trying to find one example of each series, or choose one series and try to find an issue from each Bank. With 12 different Federal Reserve Banks there are more than 250 collectibly different notes in what we might consider the modern era (not every series was printed by every bank). Since Congress authorized the printing of $1 Federal Reserve Notes in 1963, there have been 23 series issued. First, each note indicates the series of the note, and second, each note indicates the Federal Reserve Bank at which it was printed (see Decoding a Bill for more information). United States currency has two features that lend themselves particularly well to systematic collecting. You shouldn't worry too much about this decision, because it is effortless to change your mind later. The first step to starting your one dollar bill collection is to read all of the information on this site! The second step is to decide what to collect. ![]()
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