All twenty dollar bills from 1868 have a chance to be valuable and rare. The things that establish the value are the condition, issuing bank, and serial number. All $20 national bank notes from 1868 started at serial number one. If your note is the #1 note then it will be worth a significant premium. All collectible paper money is valued based on its condition. Twenty dollar bills in perfect condition are worth more than the same note in lesser condition. For every three ten dollar bills a national bank printed, it only issued one $20 bill. That fact makes most 1868 twenty dollar bills comparatively rare. Sadly, they don’t always trade at a premium with most dealers. However, we recognize the rarity and pay up because they are scarce. 1868 $20 bills are few and far between today because twenty dollars then is the equivalent to $2075 today. Paper money didn’t really become collectible until the 1960s. So there was really no incentive to save a $20 bill.
Fortunately for sellers, we buy all 1868 twenty dollar bills. We have paid more than $25,000 for some of the rarest examples. Contact us and we would be happy to make an offer on your bill.
Sales@AntiqueMoney.com – (864) 430-4020
These national banks issued 1868 $20 bills:
- Charter 1678 – Union Stock Yards National Bank of Chicago, Illinois
- Charter 1684 – Pacific National Bank of Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Charter 1687 – Farmers National Bank of Bangor, Maine
- Charter 1683 – First National Bank of Mankato, Minnesota
- Charter 1683 – First National Bank & Trust Company of Mankato, Minnesota
- Charter 1686 – First National Bank of Faribault, Minnesota
- Charter 1677 – Greene County National Bank of Springfield, Missouri
- Charter 1688 – First National Bank of Hillsborough, New Hampshire
- Charter 1681 – Princeton National Bank, New Jersey
- Charter 1682 – State National Bank of Raleigh, North Carolina
- Charter 1676 – First National Bank of Honeybrook, Pennsylvania
- Charter 1685 – First National Bank of Sharon, Pennsylvania
- Charter 1680 – Carolina National Bank of Columbia, South Carolina
