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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 681952, member: 18867&quot;]Series 1995 $5 FRNs have the distinction of being the last series for the design used for 70 years -- Series 1999 $5 Federal Reserve Notes have a complete redesign after more than 70 years of small size $5 notes. The portrait of Lincoln changes from the engraving based on <a href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/lincoln.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/lincoln.html" rel="nofollow">Anthony Berger&#039;s photograph</a> to an engraving based on Matthew Brady&#039;s photograph of Lincoln (also used on the <a href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/1216A-001.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/1216A-001.jpg" rel="nofollow">Series 1882 $500 Gold Certificate</a>). The note features a watermark of Lincoln&#039;s portrait to the right of the <a href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/treasury-seal.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/treasury-seal.html" rel="nofollow">Treasury Seal</a>. They also feature <a href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/1999-5-design.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/1999-5-design.html" rel="nofollow">micro-lettering</a> and a plastic strip that glows <a href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/1987-glow.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/1987-glow.jpg" rel="nofollow">blue under ultraviolet light</a>. The <a href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/federal-reserve-seal.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/federal-reserve-seal.html" rel="nofollow">Federal Reserve Seal</a> is changed to a universal Federal Reserve Seal and printed in black. The serial numbers are also different. They feature an initial letter &quot;B&quot; followed by the letter designating the Federal Reserve District. Just below the serial number on the left side, the district letter and number are printed in black ink.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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