Philadelphia has long been nicknamed “The City of Brotherly Love” from the literal meaning of the city’s name in Greek (Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια ([pʰilaˈdelpʰeːa], Modern Greek: [filaˈðelfia]), “brotherly love”), derived from the Ancient Greek terms φίλος phílos (beloved, dear, or loving) and ἀδελφός adelphós (brother.

How did the city of Philadelphia and Benjamin Franklin help each other? He founded the city’s first newspaper, first public library, first hospital, and first volunteer fire department.

What else is Benjamin Franklin known for? He is credited with discovering the Gulf Stream. He started the first volunteer fire company in Philadelphia. He helped create the first subscription library in the Colonies, called the Library Company of Philadelphia.

To Philadelphia When James was banned from printing the Courant, Benjamin was secretly discharged of his apprenticeship so that the newspapaer was pretended to be printed by him. In 1723 at age 17, Benjamin took advantage of this clause and decided to leave his abusive brother and go to New York in search of work.

Benjamin Franklin, also called Ben Franklin, pseudonym Richard Saunders, (born January 17 [January 6, Old Style], 1706, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat.

William McKinley

The $100 note features a portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the front of the note and a vignette of Independence Hall on the back of the note.

Grover Cleveland

It is against the law to deposit counterfeit money, whether it is via the teller, or via an ATM. They will discover it, and be able to trace it back to you (that’s easily than you think). You will be charged with passing counterfeit bills.

In some cases, a pristine $10,000 bill can be worth upwards of $140,000 on the open market. Meanwhile, bills in poor condition can still fetch $30,000.

Although no longer in circulation, the $500 bill remains legal tender.

As of January 14, 2020, only 336 $10,000 bills were known to exist, along with 342 remaining $5,000 bills and 165,372 remaining $1,000 bills.

According to Business Insider, 2-dollar bills account for less than 0.001% of all currency in circulation. They are the rarest currently-produced money in the United States, and only about 1.2 billion 2-dollar bills are in current circulation.

Though a gold three-dollar coin was produced in the 1800s, no three-dollar bill has ever been produced. Various fake US$3 bills have also been released over time. However, many businesses print million dollar bills for sale as novelties. Such bills do not assert that they are legal tender.

In 1928, the Treasury Department reduced the size of paper currency to the standard size it is today. Although most bills are not incredibly rare, there are a few two-dollar bills that are more valuable than others….Series of 1963 to 1963-A, Red Seal Left Side.

1890 Grand Watermelon Bill

WHY THE TWO IS SO RARE: The $2 bill was in that first printing, along with the $1 bill, but it took a while for paper money to catch on. That’s because a lot of folks made less than $15 a month before the turn of the century. Inflation slowly brought the value of paper money down, but then the Great Depression hit.

A heavily circulated 1899 one dollar bill usually sells for around $50. The same note in gem uncirculated condition is usually worth closer to $1,000.

The $2 bill has not been removed from circulation and is still a circulating denomination of United States paper currency. The Federal Reserve System does not, however, request the printing of that denomination as often as the others.

Since two dollar bills are still legal circulation tender, they are worth exactly what they claim to be worth: two dollars. Although it may seem like you’ve stumbled on a national treasure, the truth of the matter is the bill is not valuable (at least, not yet) and should be spent like any other paper money.

Low printing numbers starting in the 1950s resulted in the $2 dollar bill becoming the rarest current denomination of US Currency. This rarity caused people to hoard any $2 bills they come across and as a result this decreased the circulation of the $2 dollar bill even more.

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Can You Get a $2 Bill at a Bank? Yes. Although you likely won’t get $2 bills unless you specifically ask for them, most banks carry a stock of them. The amount of $2 bills each bank carries will vary, but most will have a supply you can ask for when you’re taking out or converting money.

August 1966

The common variety 1976 $2 star notes are worth around $8 in fine condition. In uncirculated condition the price is around $20-25 for bills with an MS 63 grade. The rare variety star notes can sell for around $80 in fine condition and around $150 in uncirculated condition with a grade of MS 63.

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Even in poor condition, a $5,000 bill will sell for at least $30,000. But most of the bills that are in existence today are in uncirculated condition simply because they were used infrequently. A note in uncirculated condition will sell for over $100,000.