If you were to open your wallet right this moment and sift through the bills tucked inside, chances are extremely high that you’d come across at least one $1 bill. Most people never pay attention to their $1 bills — they’re so ordinary, so common, and often treated as the least valuable piece of paper currency we carry. After all, in today’s world, a single dollar doesn’t buy very much. It might get you a piece of candy, a parking meter minute or two, or nothing at all depending on where you live. Because of this, people tend to overlook their $1 bills entirely.
But what many people don’t realize is that some of these unassuming little bills could actually be worth far more than their printed value. In fact, if you take a moment to look closely at the serial numbers stamped on your $1 bills, you might discover that one of them is unusually valuable — potentially worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. It sounds unbelievable at first, but there is a growing community of collectors who are willing to pay a premium for uncommon or unusually patterned serial numbers.