100-Dollar Bill Value Chart . Keep a value chart at the ready if you're on the lookout for rare bills. These example values ...

That's a fraction of the number of more common bills like ones and 100s, but it's still a lot of paper money. For your 50 to ...

History of the U.S. Dollar . The first documented use of paper currency in the U.S. dates back to 1690, when colonial notes were issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. These notes were used to ...

But that began to change in 1775, with the introduction of Continental currency, which was issued in dollars—first in paper currency, and then as a dollar coin in 1776.