You've got a keeper. It's from the shortest print run of all 2009A $100 star notes. It's from the New York district. Although NY generally has some of the largest print runs of the 12 districts, your note is a low serial number and is from the first and shortest print run of 128,000 star notes. That's actually a low number for modern currency. Definitely hold on to it. Today, after auction and shipping fees, it's not worth selling. But its value should go up with time.
I guess I was confused. I thought it was from Fort Worth. Or is Fort Worth something other than a district?
It was printed at Fort Worth - one of two printing facilities. The other is in Washington DC. The notes are then distributed to 1 of 12 Federal Reserve Banks for distribution in their respective areas. Some Fed Banks get more notes than others. New York and Chicago generally get the greatest number. The bank can be identified by the second letter of your note. A- Boston B- New York C- Philadelphia D- Cleveland E- Richmond F- Atlanta G- Chicago H- St. Louis I- Minneapolis J- Kansas City K- Dallas L- San Francisco
Series 2009 the new $100 bills ( J ) - Are the bills will be put into circulation in the end? - Link: http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2009_h.html The numbers in the table are the first and last notes printed in the given month for the given FRB. Colors indicate notes printed at Washington, DC or Fort Worth, TX. All serial numbers in this series begin with J. Serial numbers above 99200000 are not used; thus for example JF99200000A is followed by JF00000001B. This series was the first printing of the colorised $100 FRN, but due to production problems, no notes of this series have been released. These notes are still in storage at the BEP, awaiting re-inspection for printing errors, and it is expected that many of them will eventually be issued. In the meantime, $100 notes of the colorised design were first released into circulation on October 8, 2013, but all of those notes were Series 2009A, not Series 2009. youtube: Series 2009A $100 http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2009ah.html
Thanks for your help guys. I have learned some things in a very short time in regards to currency. I'm still trying to dig up more info online in regards to collecting currency and it's quite interesting. Thanks again.
Was wondering, has anyone seen any really low serial number notes yet? I've seen star notes but haven't seen anything really low in the way of numbers. I'm talking a serial number under 100
I believe the lowest I've seen was 3 digits, from the LB 00000001* - LB 00128000* print run. I haven't seen any low non-star serial numbers. They probably haven't been released yet.
Is this the "look, I've got $100" thread? These things are at every bank, S&L, and credit union in the entire country, not to mention Asia & the Middle East. Cool to see for the first time in person, but really, barring errors, or super serial numbers, not collector's items. Put one away today and in 20 years you can trade it for a couple of meals at Denny's.