Regular issue series of 1929 $20 Federal Reserve bank notes from San Francisco are common.  There were 888,000 notes printed for this series from San Francisco.  Most 1929 $20 bills from San Francisco are worth $30 or less.  Choice uncirculated notes are worth more.

There is a rare variety within the series of 1929 $20 Federal Reserve bank note of San Francisco.  If your $20 bill has a serial number that ends with a star symbol then it will be rarer and worth a couple hundred dollars, or more depending on the actual serial number and condition.  Star notes have serial numbers that end with a star symbol instead of the letter A.

There were low serial number twenty bills issued for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.  A low serial number is generally defined as a serial number that starts with a letter and then has six or seven leading zeros.  Low serial number $20 bills do command premiums.

All 1929 twenty dollar bills from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will have a serial number that starts with the letter L.  Each $20 bill will have four black “L”s stamped on it.  This L signifies that the note is from the San Francisco district.  All 1929 bills are signed by EE Jones as the register of the treasury and WO Woods as the treasurer of the United States.  Twenty dollar notes from San Francisco are also signed by a cashier and the governor.  Andrew Jackson is featured on all $20 Federal Reserve bank notes.  The word president is either partially or completely blacked out on 1929 $20 bills from San Francisco.

You can find the following inscriptions on $20 bills from San Francisco:  National Currency  –  Secured By United States Bonds Deposited With The Treasurer Of The United States Of America Or By Like Deposit Of Other Securities  –  Will Pay To Bearer On Demand Twenty Dollars  –  Redeemable In Lawful Money Of The United States, At United States Treasury Or At The Bank Of Issue  –  Amer Septent Sigil Thesaur  –  Series of 1929  –  Twenty Dollars  –  White House

We buy 1929 twenty dollar Federal Reserve Bank notes from San Francisco if they are star notes, have a low serial number, or are part of a consecutive run.  If you have a rare 1929 $20 bill from San Francisco then please send us an email to admin@oldcurrencyvalues.com so that we can make an offer.