1966 One Hundred Dollars Legal Tender Note

Now we’re at the One Hundred Dollar Bill. Thanks to the United States having a great economy for so long, U.S. Currency is known world wide and is the preferred currency for most business and governments to deal with for international trade. The $100 bill is perhaps the greatest symbol of wealth in the world today. There are several other countries that have issued banknotes that, given their exchange rate, are higher in denomination, it is the US $100 that is the most famous banknote worldwide. It is depicted in movies, magazines, pop art, on clothing, in advertising on busses and billboards and just about anywhere else.

This note below is a United States Note, also known as a Legal Tender Note, which, due to the red serial and treasury seal, stands out like a red herring when compared to the notes we are used to seeing today. Issued in 1966, it was a rather short lived banknote, as the last issue of a United States 100 Dollar Banknote was in 1968 (albeit with a series 1966A date). One bit of trivia that’s sure to win you over with all your friends is that this note was this first one to have the new design of the Treasury Seal. It’s the same look, but with a change in the wording. The older seal read: “Thesaur. Amer. Septent. Sigil”, which is of course Latin for “Seal of the Treasury of North America.” The new seal reads in modern English “The Department of the Treasury.”

This Red Seal $100 is also rather scarce. It was issued in two series: 1966 and 1966A (new signatures). Combined, the two series issued only 1,408,000 notes.