The US Continental Congress, a body of delegates representing the 13 colonies, began issuing paper money, which included the $1,000 bill, to help finance the Revolutionary War, said Matthew Wittmann, an assistant curator at the American Numismatic Society, an organization that studies coins and currency. This 1934A Federal Reserve Note St. Louis Julian|Morgenthau $1000 bill with serial number L00013722A has one centerfold visible from front & back and in our opinion rates VG.