OK, GET YOUR WALLETS AND TAKE OUT YOUR WAD OF ONES. Undis breaks down the different categories that makes serial number "fancy" on his website. "You see something like a super radar, and your head says you just gotta have it."Ĭommon fancy numbers are often very low numbers like those found on newly released notes.įor example, the new $100 –to be released on Oct 8.-will have a serial number of 00000001 that, experts estimate, could go for $10,000 to $15,000.īut aside from low numbers, there are a variety of different combinations coveted by currency collectors. "If you look at a dollar bill, the number can just jump out at you," Dave Undis, founder of, a website that buys, sells and trades fancy serial numbers, told The Boston Globe.
"Fancy" serial numbers can go for tens of thousands of dollars-depending on how rare the combination is. But currency collectors do-and some are willing to pay big bucks for an especially unusual number. Most people don't even notice the serial number printed on their dollars. Your money could be worth more than you think, thanks to eight tiny numbers.