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Message:: [QUOTE="SteveInTampa, post: 2439854, member: 27107"]1995 was the last series $5 with the small Lincoln portrait. Series 1999, 2001,2003,2003A, and early 2006 the Lincoln portrait was larger and bordered within an oval. The early 2006 $5's were only printed for 6 months before the BEP introduced the new design with a pink hue and removed the oval border around Lincoln's portrait. The early 2006 $5's were only issued for 3 districts, Atlanta, Chicago, and Minneapolis. No star notes were issued. All $5's, $10's, $20's, and $50's transitioned to a new "Colorized" design around this time period, with the $100 being the last to change. As far as values go, I believe it is still to early to tell how many uncirculated examples of the early $5's survived. The BEP only printed 409 million of them compared to over 2 Billion of the later 2006 series. Checking prices realized for both early and late 2006 $5's show the late 2006 $5 star notes are selling for more than the early 2006 series, although the early 2006 $5's had uncut sheets printed that sell pretty good.[/QUOTE]