Notable Auction Results:
$5,000 bill
A 1928 $5,000 bill from the Richmond district was sold for $780,000 in September of 2024 by Heritage. It was in a PMG-65EPQ holder. This set a record for the highest price ever recorded for a small size Federal Reserve Note.
$10,000 bill
A 1934 $10,000 from the Boston District was sold in September of 2023 by Heritage for $480,000 and was in a PMG-64EPQ holder. It was tied for the highest graded PMG note at the time.
$10,000 bill
A 1928 $10,000 Federal Reserve Note from the Richmond district sold for $384,000 in a PMG-53 Holder. The sale was at a Heritage auction in September of 2024.
$10,000 bill
A 1934 $10,000 bill from the Chicago District was sold for $335,000 in a private treaty by Jhon E Cash in March of 2025 in a PCGS-64PPQ holder.
$100,000 Bills
The $100,000 bill featuring Woodrow Wilson is the highest denomination ever produced by the US Government and were designed for bank to bank transfers. They were never released to the public and therefore are illegal to own.
The Bureau of Engraving and printing produced 42,000 $100,000 bills between December 1934 and January 1935, exclusively for gold value transfers between Federal Reserve Banks. They were never released to the public. Most were destroyed. The survivors remain government property with a handful on display at the Smithsonian, the BEP in Washington and the Federal Reserve Banks in Richmond and San Francisco.
Continue reading: who is on the face of our high denomination bills, and what to watch for as a buyer.
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