The series 1918 version's obverse includes text ("Federal Reserve Note" and "The United States of America will pay to the bearer on demand ten thousand dollars") and a portrait of the former Treasury Secretary Salmon P.
[4] Its reverse features a portrait of the early settlers boarding ships (The Embarkation of the Pilgrims) and the number 10,000 along with the words "Federal Reserve Note".
[4] The simpler reverse of the 1928 and 1934 series featured a decorative border and the text "The United States of America", "Ten Thousand Dollars" and "10,000".
The entire collection was bought by Jay Parrino in 1999 for an amount under 10 million dollars.
[13] In 2023, a 1934 uncirculated and Paper Money Guarantee (PMG) company graded $10,000 bill sold for almost $500,000 at Heritage Auctions in Texas.