World Banknote Auctions Offers Unique Set of 12 Solid-9 Serial Number Notes Graded by PMG

A set of 12 US banknotes featuring Solid-9 Serial Numbers, all certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®), is being offered at auction. Several weeks before the sale, bidding has already reached $100,000 for the unique set, which is part of World Banknote Auctions’ US Currency Sale 1 being held on February 24, 2023.

The set comprises 12 PMG-graded 1999 $10 Federal Reserve Notes with Solid-9 Serial Numbers (lot 1146). It has an estimate of $150,000 to $250,000 and it includes one note from each Federal Reserve District bank.

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The set’s PMG-certified 1999 $10 Federal Reserve Notes are:

• a Boston district note with serial number BA99999999Y graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a New York district note with serial number BB99999999Y graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a Philadelphia district note with serial number BC99999999Y graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a Cleveland district note with serial number BD99999999Y graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a Richmond district note with serial number BE99999999Y graded PMG 65★ Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• an Atlanta district note with serial number BF99999999Y graded PMG 65★ Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a Chicago district note with serial number BG99999999Y graded PMG 65★ Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a St. Louis district note with serial number BH99999999Y graded PMG 66★ Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a Minneapolis district note with serial number BI99999999Y graded PMG 67 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a Kansas City district note with serial number BJ99999999Y graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ
• a Dallas district note with serial number BK99999999Y graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ
• a San Francisco district note with serial number BL99999999Y graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ

Because of a policy adopted by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing after the 1974 Series that halted all print runs at 96 million, Solid-9 Serial Numbers on $10 notes from the last few decades are extremely rare. Most of the ones available were part of two sets of 12 notes (one from each Federal Reserve District bank) that were sold by the BEP.

This set of 12 notes was made when the "Big Head" design on the $10 was introduced in 2000, and a special set of notes with matching serial numbers was produced by the BEP. A total of two thousand matching serial number sets of the last "Small Head" design (Series 1995) and 2,000 sets of the new design (including the ones in the current auction) were produced. With each set's serial numbers starting at 99997999, the very last set had the notes with the highly sought-after Solid-9 Serial Number.

To see additional PMG-certified items from this auction, including a 1934 $5,000 Federal Reserve Note with an estimate of $200,000 to $300,000, click here.