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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 90654, member: 66&quot;]The rules for the changing of the date and series letters are a bit confusing.&nbsp; Especially since they changed the rules in the late 1980&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1929 - about 1989 the Series date changed whenever there was either a major change in the design of the note <b>OR</b> BOTH the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the US signatures changed.&nbsp; And that date would be the year the change in design or signatures was approved, not the first year that they actually first appeared on the note.</p><p><br /></p><p>The series letter would change whenever EITHER the Sec of the Treasury OR the Treasurer of the US Signature changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>After 1989 the series date changed when either a major change in the design was approved, or the Sec of the Treasury signature changed.&nbsp; The date still reflects the year when the change was approved.&nbsp; That was why the redesigned twenties that came out in 1998 were series 1996.&nbsp; (Which led to much speculation about a recall and hoarding of the new notes for awhile.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The series letter now changes only whenever the Treasurer of the US changes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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