The BEP in it's infinite wisdom printed some 2006 $5s without the new security features. Can anybody say why? I'm looking at one now with HF---------A. How many did they print?
Missing are the stars to Lincolns left, the eagle and stars to his right, the gold $5s around the Feds seal. The watermark fives between the Feds seal and Lincoln are not there. Most telling is the absence of the oversized purple five on the back. It positively is a series 2006 with Cabrals sig. I'm leaning toward they were simply printed before the roll out of the new five. The details are too crisp for the bill to be a fake. It does have the plastic security strip and the colored fibers scattered all over.
do you have any pictures. at work i have gone through tens of thousands of the new 5's and yet to see these type of errors you speak of. i would be really interested in seeing how they look.
Have you seen any of these? Is there a link to images somewhere? Confirmed by BEP?? Thanks Sined... RickieB
'06 Five A shot of the entire bill was blurred and useless. I held a magnifying glass over the note. It's clear that it's a 2006 five, Abes whiskers and chin are a dead give away. The eagles leg, claw and olive branch are missing. If it's any help serial is HF 41835709 A
that is a $5 that was originally printed in 2006. it is not a colorized or "new" style $5. that bill was printed before the new security features were added including the big purple 5 on the back. in CH CU it goes for $15. the newer $5's start with the letter I in the serial # and also the series 2006 is printed right next to each other versus the one you show that has series on top of 2006. here is an example
Look on your camera for a button that looks like a flower. This is the Macro button, which can allow your camera to take closeup shots. If your camera doesn't have one, check your camera's manual for where the macro option is.
I heard the bank tellers saying the same thing about this "error". Like urban said it sound like you have a $5 2006 note BEFORE they added the new features, ie the stars and the gold 5s. From PaperMoneyValues.com: "US paper money that has a series date without a suffix letter can indicate the year production started after approval of the original design or when there was a major revision to the design or when there was a change in the way the notes were printed. And unlike the dates on coins, the series date does not change every year. For example, Series 1990 notes, bearing new anti-counterfeiting devices approved in 1990, did not enter circulation until 1991, and were printed for several years after 1991." The BEP has followed different practices over the years in reflecting minor changes such as the printed signatures of government officials appearing on most notes. "the standard practice has been to change the series date also when a new Treasury secretary takes office, and to add or increase a letter suffix (for example, Series 2003 notes were followed by Series 2003A notes) when a new U.S. treasurer takes office. The printed signatures of both individuals appear on current U.S. paper money." It is not an error. Its a design change.
Thanks erwizarad & urbanchemist. Currency redesign is the term I should have used. As I stated, I never thought it was an error and certainly not a fake. cesariojpn, my digital is a dinosaur relatively speaking. It's a Casio x-slim and very dependable. Unhappily it has no macro setting. Thanks again for clearing up this matter. uc, I'd grade it a CH CH so it will be in a holder and tucked away.
To answer the original question: 409,600,000. That's the lowest total for a $5 in decades, but still not exactly scarce, especially since it was split over only three districts (six blocks). See here for details.
