Sensational Serial Number 1 Light Green Seal $100 Federal Reserve Note Offered in Spring 2026 Showcase Auction

From the remarkable Manhattan Beach Collection, this $100 note is one of the greatest small size rarities known to collectors. Emblazoned with serial number of “D00000001*” the visual impact of this piece is tremendous, while the technical qualities are superb. It will cross the auction block in lot 7028 of our U.S. Currency Rarities Night Session on March 12, 2026.

A crisp Light Green Treasury overprint is set against uncompromisingly original paper body and the richly detailed engraved elements seen on this iconic design long synonymous with wealth. Assigned a grade of Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ by PMG, the exceptional level of eye appeal that can best be appreciated firsthand at one of our lot viewing opportunities at the February Long Beach Expo, in our New York gallery, or at the Whitman Expo in Baltimore.

Likely saved as a presentation piece during the 1930s, it would be roughly seven decades before this note appeared publicly in 2004 as part of the John Whitney Walter Collection where it sold for $46,000. Nine years later in 2013 it sold for $88,125 in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ August ANA sale.

In 2026, this note is certain to garner its share of attention from bidders as notes of this caliber are seldom offered and once owned are often held tight by collectors for years or even decades. Bidders looking to build a truly great collection of small size notes should not take this opportunity for granted.

The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Spring 2026 Showcase Auction is available for viewing and presale bidding at StacksBowers.com. For more information about our auctions or to consign your numismatic items, please call 800-458-4646 or email [email protected].