Found this, an interest overview of the features of the new $5 bill. Supposed to be issued March 13... expect it shoud show up in circulation about a week or two after that. http://www.portfolio.com/interactive-features/2008/02/New-Five?TID=st092007ab
This is all in an effort to thwart counterfeiting. Expect similar changes for the other currency (except the $1) and even more changes in the future. That huge, purple '5' is also supposed to help those with vision problems differentiate the different denominations.
I like the note, it for me it shows finaly a willingness to adapt but at the same time retaining the basic look of the note. Did you know that the USA is (And I think this is correcr) the only country in the world were all its denominations are the same size and also you lack many of what the rest of the world consider essential security elements within the notes to combat counterfitting? Can anyone explain to me why this is
Because we're Americans and we do stupid things? Got me honestly but I can remember when the watermarks first came out here. Wow, cutting edge technology that had been around for YEARS. What really got me was the fact that we print money for other nations and some of those ALREADY contained this feature. As for the note pictured I'd LOVE to have that one. Killer serial number.
Just curious, the note in the feature above is dated 2006, are they releasing it with that date or 2008?
it 'should' be 2008! it is interesting to see the specimen is dated 2006. I might collect a few choice consecutives myself. heck, i know a billion others are going to as well, but if i hold onto mine longer then they do, mine might go up in value better
I know colombia recently ever so slightly shrunk the size of their 1,000 and 2,000 peso notes. Prior to that I believe that all the notes (1,000 through 50,000 notes) were the same size. It may be possible that the reason for shrinking the 1,000 and 2,000 notes were to help stop people from bleaching them and using them to print larger notes, but Colombia is much more aware of the "hidden" security features on their notes. It's common to see blacklights where large quantities of cash change hands.
The design was approved in 2006. As the treasurer or secretary have not changed, I believe this is going to be an I series note. I'm frustrated because everywhere I look, I find F series $5 bills. I've barely filled in my album for $5's for H series and they are done printing them.
Anyone buying the uncut sheets available on March 13? http://www.moneyfactory.gov/store/section.cfm/511
When I served in Germany in the late 80's - Early 90's, it was explained to me that paper notes were of different size so the blind could tell the difference between denominations...
