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How Much Is a 2017A $2 Bill Worth?
Two dollars, with the usual exceptions and one open question. Series 2017A is the note still coming out of bank straps in most of the country, the first $2 to skip a series year, and the series whose Philadelphia star run three sources count three different ways. This page gives the figures, the runs, and the dispute as it stands, each with its source and evidence type.
Published August 26, 2026. Reviewed August 26, 2026.
The Fast Answer
Every figure below is quoted from the source in its row. The evidence column uses the tiers on the Editorial Standards page: a realized sale is what somebody paid, with the venue and date; a dealer asking price is what a dealer lists; a secondary figure is a press summary, an aggregator, a price guide, or an estimate. No house-reported sale of a Series 2017A $2 was found, and the reason is stated at the end of the page.
| Note | Reported Figure | Evidence Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circulated, ordinary serial | "These bills in circulated condition will only be worth their face value of $2"; an aggregator's VF-20 figure is $4.25 from 7 records | Dealer asking price; secondary (aggregator) | Silver Recyclers, Serial Worth |
| Uncirculated, ordinary serial | "Most 2017A series $2 bills are worth around $4 in uncirculated condition with an MS 63 grade"; the aggregator's figures are $3.25 at UNC-63 (155 records), $7.50 at UNC-64 (4 records), $26.52 at GEM-67 (14 records), and $35.05 at GEM-68 (9 records) | Dealer asking price; secondary (aggregator) | Silver Recyclers, Serial Worth |
| Uncirculated, Minneapolis (I) | "Bills issued from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis are worth around $15 in uncirculated condition with an MS 63 grade." Minneapolis had 6,400,000 notes in the 2019 runs, the same as five other districts, and no other source prices it separately | Dealer asking price | Silver Recyclers |
| Star note, Philadelphia (C), the 2019 run | "around $22.50 in uncirculated condition with an MS 63 grade" per a dealer guide; "$9.95" per a dealer's listing; an aggregator's figures for 2017A stars of any district are "$6.01 - $9.99" uncirculated and $42.50 at "premium" grades; a price guide gives "$2.35-$4." in F-XF and "$5.+" uncirculated | Dealer asking prices; secondary (aggregator, price guide) | Silver Recyclers, Collectibles Currency, Serial Worth, U.S. Currency Auctions |
| Star note, other districts | A dealer guide lists New York "around $250," Atlanta "around $30," San Francisco "around $20," and Kansas City "around $4," all MS 63. The New York and San Francisco runs appear in a secondary compilation, below; no Atlanta or Kansas City 2017A star run appears in any production source on this site. Aggregator records: $450 for B00003441* (November 2024) and $425 for B00005478* (January 2025) | Dealer asking price; secondary (aggregator) | Silver Recyclers, Serial Worth |
| Low serial number | $450 for B00003441*, a New York star (November 2024); $425 for B00005478*, a New York star (January 2025); no sale of a plain 2017A note with a low serial was found | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| Fancy serial number | $750 for B02222220A, a radar (September 2020); $432 for B02222222A (October 2020); $399.55 for B22200222A, a radar (July 2024); $350 for B10011010A, a true binary (November 2024); $264 each for the super repeaters B17171717A (August 2021) and L23232323A (October 2023) | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| Genuine printing error | No error sale or estimate for a Series 2017A $2 was found in any source | Nothing to cite | Errors and Auction Records |
Sources are linked in each row. The sales are repeated with dates and grades in the table further down. No figure on this page is an appraisal of a particular note; each is what another note brought or what a dealer asked.
Why the Series Is 2017A
There is no Series 2017 $2 bill. The Carranza and Mnuchin signature pair went on $1, $10, and $20 notes as Series 2017, and Coin World reported in April 2019 that "only three denominations of Federal Reserve notes, $1, $10, and $20, are being printed so far with the Series 2017 designation." When the $2 was next printed, in August 2019, it came out as Series 2017A. The Bureau's own series table lists the $2 once under Mnuchin and Carranza, as 2017A, with no 2017 row.
What the A means has never been stated. When the first 2017A notes appeared in the Bureau's reports, Coin World wrote that "This, the BEP says, is meant to reflect a minor change in the production process," but "BEP officials have not stated for the record what that change is." Three months later, reporting the $2 runs, the same writer put it flatly: "The BEP has not provided an official explanation as to what differentiates Series 2017A notes from those designated 2017. Both have the signature combination of Treasurer Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin." Ordinarily a suffix letter marks a change of one signature; here it does not, and the Bureau's note on serial prefixes, which advance "whenever the series year or series year suffix letter changes," applies only to $5 and higher notes. For the $2 the series line is the only place the A appears.
Sources: Coin World, "Just three denominations printed so far for Series 2017 notes," April 1, 2019 · Coin World, "Latest BEP production report reveals Series 2017A notes," September 2, 2019 · Coin World, "Transition from Series 2017 to 2017A continues at BEP," December 11, 2019 · BEP, Serial Numbers (the series table and the prefix note)
How to Identify a Series 2017A Note
Read the Series Line
"SERIES 2017A" is printed to the right of Jefferson's portrait. The signatures are Carranza (Treasurer) at lower left and Mnuchin (Secretary of the Treasury) at lower right. A $2 note reading "SERIES 2017" without the A is not a genuine issue; none was printed.
Look for FW
The 2019 runs "were printed at the BEP facility in Fort Worth, Texas," and every genuine note carries the small "FW" beside the face plate number. Catalogs list the series as Friedberg 1941 with the district letter as a suffix, and a star for replacements: Fr. 1941-C* is the Philadelphia star.
Read the District
The black seal at left names the Federal Reserve Bank, and the same letter begins the serial number. The 2019 runs covered ten districts; Atlanta (F) and San Francisco (L) had no regular notes in them. A note from one of those two districts came from a later run, which the Bureau's annual reports count without a district breakdown.
Do Not Confuse It With Series 2021
Series 2021 carries Malerba and Yellen and began reaching the Bureau's reports in March 2025. The two are the same design; only the series line and the signatures differ. A dealer page that lists "Carranza and Mnuchin, Malerba and Yellen" as two signature varieties of the 2017 note is describing two series.
Sources: Coin World, December 11, 2019 (Fort Worth, the districts) · USPaperMoney.info, Series 2017A $2 · BEP, Serial Numbers (series and signatures) · Silver Recyclers (the "two signature varieties" line) · Friedberg numbers as used in the eBay and dealer listings cited on the Sources page
Production: 2019 by District, Then by Fiscal Year
The first runs came in August and September 2019, at Fort Worth, "for all Federal Reserve Bank districts except Atlanta and San Francisco." Coin World, reading the Bureau's monthly reports, put New York at 25.6 million, Richmond, Chicago, and Dallas at 12.8 million each, and Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Kansas City at 6.4 million each: 115.2 million notes "against a Federal Reserve order for 153.6 million for FY 2019." USPaperMoney.info's table gives the same runs with their serial ranges.
| District | Printed | Serial Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Boston | August 2019 | A00000001A to A06400000A | 6,400,000 |
| B New York | August and September 2019 | B00000001A to B25600000A | 25,600,000 |
| C Philadelphia | September 2019 | C00000001A to C06400000A | 6,400,000 |
| D Cleveland | September 2019 | D00000001A to D06400000A | 6,400,000 |
| E Richmond | September 2019 | E00000001A to E12800000A | 12,800,000 |
| F Atlanta | None in 2019 | 0 | |
| G Chicago | August 2019 | G00000001A to G12800000A | 12,800,000 |
| H St. Louis | September 2019 | H00000001A to H06400000A | 6,400,000 |
| I Minneapolis | September 2019 | I00000001A to I06400000A | 6,400,000 |
| J Kansas City | September 2019 | J00000001A to J06400000A | 6,400,000 |
| K Dallas | August 2019 | K00000001A to K12800000A | 12,800,000 |
| L San Francisco | None in 2019 | 0 | |
| Total | 115,200,000 |
After that the trail thins. USPaperMoney.info's Series 2017A table records nothing from October 2019 through August 2020 and has not been extended past it, so the later runs have no district breakdown in the site's primary source. The Bureau's annual reports carry the totals: no $2 notes in fiscal 2020 or 2021, then 108,352,000 in fiscal 2022 and 128,000,000 in fiscal 2023. The Federal Reserve's orders explain the gap and the resumption: none for fiscal 2020 "as the FY 2019 order included the $2 notes needed to meet demand for multiple years," then 38,400,000 to 51,200,000 for 2021, 102,400,000 to 204,800,000 for 2022, 211,200,000 to 256,000,000 for calendar 2024, and 307,200,000 to 416,000,000 for 2025, the largest $2 order on record. The Bureau's monthly reports for 2025 show that order being met with Series 2021 notes, so Series 2017A production ran from August 2019 to some point in fiscal 2023 or 2024 that no source on this site pins down.
| Fiscal Year | $2 Notes Printed | Series in Production |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2019 | 160,000,000 | 2013 and 2017A |
| FY 2020 | N/A | None ordered |
| FY 2021 | N/A | None reported |
| FY 2022 | 108,352,000 | 2017A |
| FY 2023 | 128,000,000 | 2017A |
Sources: Coin World, December 11, 2019 (the 2019 runs and the FY 2019 order) · USPaperMoney.info, Series 2017A $2 (serial ranges; the table's end at August 2020) · BEP, Annual Production Reports ("Figures shown represent number of notes printed"; N/A for FY 2020 and FY 2021) · Federal Reserve print orders as tabulated on the Series and Production page · Series 2021 arrival per the BEP March 2025 report (PDF)
The Philadelphia Star Range: Three Sources, Three Figures
The only Series 2017A star run in the Bureau's 2019 reports was Philadelphia's, and its size is the one fact on this page that cannot be settled. The three sources below were each written from the Bureau's monthly production reports and disagree by a factor of four. This site publishes all three and no total of its own.
| Source | Run 1, August 2019 | Run 2, September 2019 | Total | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USPaperMoney.info, tabulating the BEP reports | C00000001* to C00960000*, 960,000 | C03200001* to C03280000*, 80,000, "reported the run as replacement sheets" | 1,040,000 as reported | Secondary compilation of BEP reports, with collector observations |
| MyCurrencyCollection production table | C00000001* to C00960000*, 960,000 | C03200001* to C06400000*, "1,920,000 est" | 2,880,000, one figure estimated | Secondary compilation; its data source is not stated |
| Coin World, December 11, 2019 | "The only 2017A $2 star notes made thus far are the 4.24 million printed for Philadelphia" | 4,240,000 | Secondary (numismatic press reading the BEP reports) | |
Conflict: Not Settled
USPaperMoney.info states the problem with the reported figure: "Star notes from the second Philadelphia run have been seen with far higher serial numbers than the BEP reported printing, as high as the C0478..* range. Also, multiple full straps of stars from this run have been seen, though the BEP reported the run as replacement sheets. At this point, observations are too spotty to even guess at the correct high serial for this run." A serial in the C0478 range is 1,580,000 notes past the reported end of run 2 and inside MyCurrencyCollection's estimated range; a run of "replacement sheets" would not produce full straps of consecutive stars. Coin World's 4.24 million is not explained in its article and matches neither table. Until the Bureau's figures are reconciled with the notes collectors hold, the run's true size is unknown, and any listing calling the Philadelphia star a "1,040,000 run" or an "80,000 run" is quoting the reported figure, not a settled one.
Later star runs, none in the 2019 reports, appear only in MyCurrencyCollection's table: New York 32,000 in December 2021 and 3,360,000 in July 2024; San Francisco 1,440,000 in November 2021 and 736,000 across 2023; Chicago 3,840,000 in May 2023; Minneapolis 160,000 in October 2024. USPaperMoney.info's table stops before any of them. Two things corroborate that the New York and San Francisco runs exist without confirming their sizes: a dealer guide prices New York and San Francisco 2017A stars, and the aggregator records two New York star sales, $450 and $425, for four-digit serials. The same dealer guide also prices Atlanta and Kansas City 2017A stars, for which no run appears in any production source found; those two figures are quoted in the fast answer with that caveat. The star lookup on the Star Notes page labels every 2017A run "Reported."
Sources: USPaperMoney.info, Series 2017A $2 (the two runs, the observation note) · MyCurrencyCollection, $2 star note production tables · Coin World, December 11, 2019 · Silver Recyclers · Serial Worth
Condition and Grading
A Series 2017A note has had at most a few years to circulate, and most of the notes graded are straight from straps, which is why the aggregator holds 155 records at UNC-63 and prices them at $3.25, close to face. The ladder above that is $7.50 at UNC-64 (4 records), $26.52 at GEM-67 (14 records), and $35.05 at GEM-68 (9 records). In PMG's definitions a 65 Gem Uncirculated "may have one or two minor distractions as a result of minor handling. The centering must be above average"; a 64 Choice Uncirculated has centering "off on one or two sides" but "no folds in the design." For a note this new the grade is almost entirely centering and handling, and the premium over face is a few dollars until the grade reaches 67.
Sources: Serial Worth · PMG Grading Scale
Series 2017A Beside Series 2021
Series 2021 is the note replacing the 2017A in bank straps, and the two are easy to confuse because the design did not change. The differences are the series line, the signatures, and how much is known: Series 2021 has no value figure in any source on this site, and the star-note table on the Star Notes page records only the Kansas City runs the Bureau reported in March 2025.
| Feature | Series 2017A | Series 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Signatures (Treasurer, Secretary) | Carranza, Mnuchin | Malerba, Yellen |
| First reported | August 2019, ten districts, 115,200,000 notes in two months | March 2025, Kansas City star notes only; regular notes for Atlanta and San Francisco in September 2025 (38,400,000 and 51,200,000 that month), New York, Cleveland, and San Francisco in December 2025 |
| Production known | The 2019 runs by district; fiscal 2022 and 2023 totals without districts | Monthly reports only; no annual total yet |
| Star runs | Philadelphia 2019, size disputed; later runs per one compilation | Kansas City, two runs reported March 2025 |
| Value figures on this site | Dealer asking prices, an aggregator's grade figures and sale records, a price guide | None; the value lookup says "No published figure in our sources for this series" |
| The Bureau's $2 page | Still describes the 2017A printing as "the most recent printing" | |
Sources: BEP, Serial Numbers (signatures) · BEP, March 2025 report (PDF) · September 2025 report (PDF) · December 2025 report (PDF) · BEP, $2 Note · the worth page and the Star Notes page for the Series 2021 entries
Sales on Record
Every row is an aggregator's record, which carries the serial, grade, date, and price but not the auction house, and is listed as secondary evidence for that reason. Every fancy-serial record but one is a New York note, which fits the district's 25,600,000-note first run, the largest of 2019.
| Date | Note | Grade | Price | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2020 | B02222220A, radar | GEM-67 | $750 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| November 20, 2024 | B00003441 star, New York, four-digit serial | GEM-65 | $450 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| October 20, 2020 | B02222222A, binary, one digit short of a solid | GEM-67 | $432 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| January 1, 2025 | B00005478 star, New York, four-digit serial | GEM-66 | $425 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| July 26, 2024 | B22200222A, radar | GEM-67 | $399.55 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| November 22, 2024 | B10011010A, true binary of ones and zeroes | GEM-66 | $350 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| November 10, 2020 | B02220222A, repeater | GEM-66 | $288 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| August 3, 2021 | B17171717A, super repeater | GEM-67 | $264 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| October 17, 2023 | L23232323A, super repeater, San Francisco | UNC-64 | $264 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
| April 4, 2023 | H00099000A, radar, St. Louis | UNC-63 | $216 | Secondary (aggregator) | Serial Worth |
What Could Not Be Sourced
Heritage's and Stack's Bowers' lot archives, GreatCollections, PCGS, and Greysheet answered HTTP 403 when this page was written, so no aggregator row above is confirmed against a house record and no lot numbers are given, and no house-reported realized sale of any Series 2017A $2 note was found through PMG, the ANA, the numismatic press, or a dealer's report. No sale of a Philadelphia star with a low serial, of a serial number 1, of a ladder or solid, or of an error was found. Population report counts for the series were not available. The district breakdown of the fiscal 2022 and 2023 printings, and the end date of Series 2017A production, are not in any source on this site.
Sources are linked in each row. Serial Worth is a value aggregator; its rows are listed as secondary evidence because it does not name the auction house or lot.
Questions About the 2017A $2 Bill
How Much Is a 2017A $2 Bill Worth?
Face value if it has been folded. Uncirculated, "around $4" in MS 63 per a dealer guide and $3.25 at UNC-63 per an aggregator with 155 records, rising to $35.05 at GEM-68. The highest price on record for the series is $750, for a radar serial in gem grade.
Why Is It Series 2017A and Not 2017?
No $2 was printed as Series 2017; the Carranza and Mnuchin pair reached the $2 only in August 2019, after the Bureau had moved every denomination to 2017A. The Bureau said the A reflects "a minor change in the production process" and has not said what the change was. The signatures on 2017 and 2017A notes are the same.
How Many 2017A Philadelphia Star Notes Were Printed?
Nobody can say. The Bureau reported 960,000 in August 2019 and 80,000 in September 2019; collectors have found notes numbered far past the reported end of the second run, one compilation estimates that run at 1,920,000, and Coin World reported 4.24 million for the district. The three totals are 1,040,000, 2,880,000, and 4,240,000, and this site does not choose among them.
Is a 2017A $2 Bill Rarer Than a 2021?
Neither is rare. Series 2017A had 115,200,000 notes in its first two months and more than 236,000,000 across fiscal 2022 and 2023; Series 2021 is being printed against the largest $2 order on record, up to 416,000,000 for 2025. What is scarcer is information: Series 2021 has no value figure in any source on this site yet.
Sources: as cited in the sections above, chiefly Silver Recyclers, Serial Worth, USPaperMoney.info, Coin World, and the BEP Annual Production Reports.