El Diario NY returns to $1 notes that can be worth thousands

El Diario NY (Raúl Rodríguez Cota, 14 September 2026) returns to U.S. $1 notes that, the piece says, can be worth thousands if they carry fancy serials, errors, stars, or early issues. The vast majority remain worth a dollar. This is not a Notofilia inventory, and it is not a second object beside the guide we already summarised from the same paper on 26 July.

Serials, stars, and the 2013 error

El Diario NY, citing FinanceBuzz, puts the first filter on the eight-digit serial: numbers under 1,000, those near 99999999, ladders such as 12345678, solids, and repeating patterns. It also asks readers to look for a star at the end: replacement star notes. Some, it says, are worth about US$5; uncirculated examples up to US$1,000; worn notes, a few hundred.

The note returns to the 2014 and 2016 error: the Bureau of Engraving and Printing accidentally produced 6.4 million pairs with a duplicated serial — 12.8 million notes. FinanceBuzz, as cited by El Diario NY, identifies them as Series 2013, Federal Reserve B seal, and serials from B00000001* to B00250000*, or B03200001* to B09600000*, always with a star. One pair sold for US$2,340 in 2024 and another reached US$7,200 in 2021. In July the same paper had cited Wealthy Nickel with a band of US$20,000 to US$150,000 for a matching pair: we leave both figures in view; we do not reconcile them.

Age and web notes

An 1874 $1 sold, according to the note, for US$26,400 in near-perfect condition. The government began printing the $1 in 1862; an 1880 silver certificate might reach US$3,500. Another group are the so-called web notes of 1988, 1993 and 1995, printed on a continuous roll: many sell between US$20 and US$100; some scarcer series, up to US$1,000. El Diario NY recommends a professional appraisal before selling. More detail in El Diario NY (opens in a new tab) and in the guide to fancy serial numbers.