Here comes the new currency series....

I heard about them planning on printing more $5s and $10s for FY2010, and that really scares me. Because, is there a chance that the new kodachrome $100s might come out in 2011 then? I have been waiting and wanting to see the new kodachrome $100 bill for 5 years now, when the oginal plans were to release the new $100s in 2005. Thats a long wait. :headbang:

I really hope that, by the time the $2 bill is printed again, which would likely be around the time that the currency is redesigned again, and since many articles I have read have stated that ALL denominations except the $1 bill MUST be redesigned to have features for the blind and visually inpaired, the $5-$100 was mentioned to be getting this redesign, so, WHAT ABOUT THE $2 BILL? The BEP has always told me that the $2 bill will STILL not be redesigned, and I have even wrote to the American Council of the Blind, urging them to push for a $2 bill redesign, as it stands, the $1 and $2 bills are probably the two "hardest" denominations to tell apart, especially in low-vision cases. The guy at the ACB told me that "Most cashiers will be honest, and tell a visually impaired person if they are owed money when spending a $2 bill" to which in these days I think "Yeah, right"

I have also been trying to get the vending industry to lobby for a redesigned $2 bill with the next redesigned $5 bill so that, when the vendors have their machines all taken apart to reprogram them to take the new $5s, they can also reprogram them to take a new $2 bill design, which would likely cause more $2 bill circulation for two reasons: 1. The $2 bill being redesigned, will cause hoarders to think "Wow! They still print these things?! In that case, they are not rare collectibles, so I can spend them instead of hoarding them" (although, the SERIES YEAR on the bill alone, should tell "Averge Joe" that) and 2. If vending machines, and self checkouts were reprogrammed to accept and dispense new $2 bills (some self checkouts already take the current $2, but thats not enough, as the denomination also NEEDS to be DISPENSED as well), people would use them in every day business. (Same thing with the half dollar, as I have said, "Have all cash machines spit out $2s and halves as needed in change, (like the post office machines spit out $1 coins, just make sure these machines all also "accept" these two denominations) and FORCE these two denominations on the general public, and there will be the typical whining and complaining for a few months, and after that, they would just accept their money, in no matter what form and use it. People are not going to go out of the way and go to the bank to say "Hey, can I get a strap of $2 bills and a couple rolls of halves, while you're at it?" Just ain't gonna happen until they recieve these two denominations regularly, and machines accept and dispense them" (Sorry for the repeat of this. This was just for the Newbes)

So anyway, I hope a redesign of the $2 bill is ordered by the next time they print them. Some websites have "claimed" that the current style $2 bill will be changed over to a new design, but hey, I've heard that before, for years (a decade or so, actually), and so far, nothing has happened with the $2 denomination. 2012 or sooner or a bit later would be a good time to redesign the $2 bill, in my opinion. (But it would also be a good time to get rid of the $1 and $2 bills in favor of coins, if it hasn't been done by then. :whistle: )

 

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cool, I cant wait to hold one!!

 

I got another $20.00 today F6 IF49368852D {G346/G3/241} au/unc, has a small black edge mark on top left, came out of a AMT. -O)

 

$2 bill usage

After returning from England where they have done away with the 1 and 2 pound notes in favor of coins, it seems to me that the only way for the US to get the $2 bill to be more wildly circulated is to eliminate the $1 bill. People here would use $1 coins (whose poor circulation would instantly improve) and hopefully the Federal Reserve would save save money in the long run by using the long-lived coins over the paper currency. The $2 bill would then be able to replace the $1 in everyone's till.

 

What about this?

http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/Splashpage.aspx

 

Let's see if i have the numbers right: there are 10000 2008 bills, 10000 2009 bills, 7000 2010 bills, and 3000 2011 bills. That should leave room for 4000 2012 bills. Correct?

 

Oops. I meant 2000 2012 bills

 

Holy old thread, Batman!

The plate positions of the "2008", "2009", and "2010" D-suffix $2's indicate that they were all printed at the same time, in runs of 1000 sheets per district for the ten districts that got them. So the serial numbering runs like this:

20080000 - 20080999 : position A1
20081000 - 20081999 : position B1
20082000 - 20082999 : position C1
and so on, up to
20108000 - 20108999 : position E4
20109000 - 20109999 : position F4

What, if anything, was done with positions G4 and H4 is not clear.

The only "2011" $2's we've seen in hand are the Minneapolis and Kansas City notes from the Double Deuce Set. Those are the two districts that *didn't* have any D-suffix notes printed previously. As near as I can tell, these two printings actually started at 20112000, not 20110000, and were again 1000-sheet runs for each district:

20112000 - 20112999 : position A1
20113000 - 20113999 : position B1
20114000 - 20114999 : position C1
and so on.

That leaves a lot of positions open after the end of the "2011" printings, so it's entirely possible that those positions were printed with "2012", "2013" and even "2014" notes. Or not: we know that the Federal Reserve is planning to order more $2's for circulation in the next fiscal year, so the BEP might not want to print Series 2003A $2's with "2012" serials, given that there'll be a new $2 series out by then.

We'll have to wait and see what the print run structure is for the other districts' "2011" notes when they're released in a couple of weeks. Since there are only 2000 notes being issued per district, it's possible that (for districts other than I and J) these will be the unaccounted-for G4 and H4 positions of the original circa-2008 print runs, rather than new printings.

 

Looks like I did some bad math. I know it's an old thread, but the BEP has the collectible 2011 printings out for sale. I figured this was a good time to get the thread updated again instead of creating a new thread on the same subject.

I find this interesting:
"Limited to 2,000 sets worldwide, this collection features one Series 2003A $2 note from each of the nine available Federal Reserve Banks (New York, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas and San Francisco)."

When the 2011xxxx bills start to ship, we will see if postions A1 to B1 are used for 2011. If this is so, I wonder if we can we expect the same for 2012 and on?

 

I hate to ask a silly questions but what does the position with the a1 b1 c1, and g4 h4 mean???

 

off topic but i did see a 2011 penny last week

 

I've just now found some series 2003A $2 4-subject sheets for
Minneapolis (I-B), and San Francisco (L-B), and these are not shown
to be printed. I'll post scans when I get them.

 

It shows where on the original 32-subject sheet the bill was located. The letter-number pair appears toward the upper left, on a $1 bill. The sheet is laid out like this:

Code:

A1   E1   A3   E3
B1   F1   B3   F3
C1   G1   C3   G3
D1   H1   D3   H3
A2   E2   A4   E4
B2   F2   B4   F4
C2   G2   C4   G4
D2   H2   D4   H4