Expert: Brad Swain - 12/28/2009

Question
I have a $100 bill from 1934 in "good" condition. It does have a small spot of wear on the boarder from being strapped at a bank. The boarder is about a 1/8" on the top and maybe 1/16" or less on the bottom. It has few fold marks but is still fairly crisp. The number in all 3 corners is "3" and the number is C02305032A. Is this worth anything.

Answer
Hi Justin, Collector value of a note depends on date, series letter or signature and condition, including amount of wear, any folds, tears or stains as well as collector demand. There have been so many made of these that only the uncirculated ones (no wear) have any significant value above face value. It may be worth about $100-$150 with wear to maybe $225 without wear (uncirculated).
U.S. small size paper money values:
http://coinsite.com/html/uspapermoneyprices(sm).asp
and
http://www.bestcoin.com/U-S-Currency-FAQ-Values.htm
If none of the colored area is affected by the border it doesn't have any extra value in that regard.
Brad