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The security strip is positioned to the right of the portrait on $10 and $50 bills, and to the left of the portrait on $5s, $20s and $100s. Ultraviolet glow: You'll need an ultraviolet light for this to work, but it's an instant reveal about the bill's authenticity.

1882 $50 blue seal bills are rare regardless of which city bank they were issued. Also, there are two different types of this bill ? one with the date on the back side and the other with the value written on the backside. This bill will come with a blue seal, blue charter number, and blue serial number.

All bills with a value over $5 have secret, hidden pictures on them that you can see if you hold a bill up to the light. These hidden pictures are called watermarks. A watermark on a bill is usually the head of the person on the bill.

The $20 note includes an embedded security thread that glows green when illuminated by UV light. When held to light, a portrait watermark of President Jackson is visible from both sides of the note. The note includes a color-shifting numeral 20 in the lower right corner of the note.

The $100,000 bill is the highest denomination ever issued by the U.S. Federal Government. Printed in 1934, it was not intended for general use, but instead was used as an accounting device between branches of the Federal Reserve. It is illegal for a private individual to own this banknote.

The pyramid is part of the Great Seal of the United States. The Great Seal was first used on the reverse of the one-dollar Federal Reserve note in 1935. ing to the State Department, which is the official keeper of the Seal, the pyramid symbolizes strength and durability.

In fact, bills like these were illegal to privately own. (Not that the average citizen realistically could ? back in 1934, these bills were each worth around $1.8 million in today's dollars!) When the Federal Reserve stopped using these types of notes in the 1960s, the vast majority were destroyed.