Your $1 bill could be worth up THOUSANDS – here’s how to check if you have the rare buck

Think twice before spending a $1 bill in your wallet because it could save you thousands of dollars.

Currency collectors across the country are on the hunt for some rare dollar bills, willing to pay up to $150,000 for bills with a specific misprint.

According to the personal finance blog Rich nickelcontain two batches of $1 bills printed in 2014 and 2016, this specific error from the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

“It’s rare for the Federal Reserve to mess up an order and then it goes into circulation,” said Chad Hawk, vice president of PMG, a company that sorts paper money in Florida. Fox.

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According to the personal finance blog Wealthynickel, two batches of $1 bills printed in 2014 and 2016 contained this specific error from the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Only nine of these pairs have been matched, leaving millions of rare $1 bills

Normally, every banknote in circulation needs a unique serial number to identify it, but the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing had a miscommunication with the federal banks.

This resulted in 6.4 million pairs of $1 bills with matching serial numbers circulating before the error was noticed by the Federal Reserve.

While the first batch was issued in New York and the second in Washington, DC, these notes could now be found anywhere in the world.

‘Over the past two or three years, people started discovering the error. The community has been able to connect through social media,” Hawk said.

“And people have been able to link their notes together in many ways. The last pair I think I saw sold for about $6,000,” he added.

Only nine of these pairs have been matched, leaving millions of rare $1 bills.

According to Wealthynickel, currency collectors are willing to pay between $20,000 and $150,000 for a pair from the two batches.

Here’s what to look out for:

• The date of the series next to the photo of George Washington should read “Series 2013.”

• The note must have a Federal Reserve “B” seal above the serial number

• The serial number must end with a star

While the first batch was issued in New York and the second in Washington DC, these notes could now be anywhere in the world

If you are lucky enough to have one of these $1 bills, the next step is to find the other bill with a matching serial number.

According to Hawk, the best approach is to use social media.

“The best thing you can do is look online and go on social media – and there are websites dedicated to this,” he said.

“You can find outlets where people collect the data so you can see if notes are already available.