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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1349968, member: 11668&quot;]There&#039;s nearly always a new series every year there&#039;s a new president (2009, 2001, 1993, 1981, 1977, ...). The only recent exception has been 1989, because Bush sr. kept on the Secretary and Treasurer from Reagan&#039;s administration.</p><p><br /></p><p>In recent years, the Treasurer&#039;s office does tend to stay vacant for an extended period at the start of a new administration. Between that and the time it takes for the BEP to engrave new printing plates, it usually takes quite a while for the new series to get started:</p><ul> <li>Series 2009 - first printed December 2009 (11 months into Obama&#039;s term)</li> <li>Series 2001 - first printed November 2001 (10 months into Bush&#039;s term)</li> <li>Series 1993 - first printed April 199<b><u>4</u></b> (15 months into Clinton&#039;s term)</li> <li>Series 1981 - first printed July 1981 (6 months into Reagan&#039;s term)</li> <li>Series 1977 - first printed September 1977 (8 months into Carter&#039;s term)</li> </ul><p>Thus even if Obama loses the election, we could easily be looking at Series 2009 production for most (or all) of 2013.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, if Obama is reelected, then it&#039;s possible that Series 2009 could continue for years longer. But at some point one begins to wonder how long Rios and Geithner are going to want to stay in office; one or both might decide not to stick around for a second term. They&#039;ve had fairly long terms already--indeed, if both of them remain in office through this year, then Obama will be the first president since Eisenhower to serve a full four-year term with only one set of currency signers!</p><p><br /></p><p>The quickest way to get a new series would probably be if Obama is reelected, Geithner decides to resign, and Rios stays in office.&nbsp; The Secretary of the Treasury is too important an official for that office to be left vacant for long, so Geithner&#039;s successor would be installed quickly, and a new series with signatures Rios-whoever could get into production within a few months.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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