2013 $5 Star Note, ML-*

Lots of first for this bill. It is my first 2013 star note, the first $5.00 star note, the first star note I found since 2013, and the first $5.00 bill I found since 2013.

Check out all the hidden watermarks and the security thread.

As with all modern star notes this is a replacement bill used when ordinary notes were damaged or made with errors. They have extra value since relatively few were made. Still 3.2 million were printed so they are not rare.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Star Note - D.C. / San Francisco
Year: 2013
Printings: 3,200,000
Printed: September 2013
Run: 1st from ML00000001* - ML03200000*
Value: $15.00 in CU

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2009 $5 Bill, JL-A

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Keeping an eye out of the five dollar bills I received in my change I finally found a 2009. These are fairly new and have a low production rate. I estimate that I must have come across 200 or so fives before finding the this new one.

To remind everyone these are not special or rare but I just like collecting at least one of every series. They came out in May of 2011 and the last production was in September 2012. Overall the runs have been short.

No major changes from the last series, except of course the signatures. I expect a new series soon as the 2009-A $100 bill are already circulating.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / San Fransisco
Year: 2009
Printings: 371,400,000 (estimated)
Printed: May 2011
Run: Unknown 
Value:  $7.00 in Crisp-Uncirculated (CU)

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1995 $5 Bill, G-E

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The last and second oldest five dollar note I have to feature. I have a 1953-A that I featured at the end of 2011 but that was an aberration. It was a rare thing to find a note older than the 1990s. The main reason for lack of older notes is that they are very different looking. 1995 was the last year of the old small portrait notes.

There is no wild purple coloring. It looks classic and green which makes it easy to spot and eliminate from circulation. Except for the odd random old note I doubt my five dollar collection will grow much. I expect maybe a few more new issues until I do not see them anymore. Still for the short while I have been collecting notes, about 10 years, from circulation only it has been a nice set.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / Chicago
Year: 1995
Printings: 518,400,000
Printed: March 1997
Run: 13th run out of 15 from G76800001E - G83200000E 
Value:  $5.00 in Fine

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1999 $5 Bill, BE-B

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This five is in rough shape especially considering I pulled it out of my change a few years ago. Things are not permanent and if you wait too long they might disappear. These bill quickly began to go away as newer notes appeared. Since this 1999 series was printed four more series have been issued.

Again this note is still common but the lack of enhanced security features makes it a shred priority for the banks and government. The fact it lacks the latest bright colors makes it easy to separate at the bank level. I hope to upgrade this note but I do not see that happening soon or ever for free.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / Richmond
Year: 1999
Printings: 262,400,000
Printed: February 2001
Run: 1st run out of 15 from BE00000001B - BE06400000B 
Value:  $5.00 in Fine

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2001 $5 Bill, CB-A

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No fooling this is a common note.

Yes all old federal notes are still legal tender, even some non-federal notes are still legal to use. On this day dedicated to pranks be aware that the U.S. may stop issuing some notes ore coins but they are still legal even if the value exceeds face value.

Now this one I am featuring is nice but hardly valuable or rare. Yet because it lacks the color of modern notes some people are suspicious. Ten years changed the currency enough to make some people forget the older notes. 

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / New York
Year: 2001
Printings: 121,600,000
Printed: October 2002
Run: 12th run out of 15 from CB70400001A - CB76800000A 
Value:  $7.50 in CU

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2001 $5 Star Note, CK-*

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Yes it is a star note. Yes this was made in much smaller amount. Yes it still has low value.

Mostly because the condition is not great but even in high grade this star note has low value. A full run of 3,200,000 were printed so it not rare and having been circulated lowers the value.

Nice as it is to find a star note in my change I would prefer higher quality notes. The few old notes I receive are either near perfect or very folded. There seems to be no middle ground when finding notes older than two years. 

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / Dallas
Year: 2001
Printings: 3,200,000
Printed: August 2002
Run: 1 and only run from CK00000001* - CK03200000* 
Value:  $7.50 in Very-Fine (VF)

Sidenote: Please note there is no conspiracy with K11 and Dallas and JFK. The K11 is K for Dallas the district letter followed alphabetically. Also K is the 11th letter of the alphabet which is the district number 11. These letters and numbers are for distribution and accounting purposes only and were decreed long before JFK existed.

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2003 $5 Bill, DH-A

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My collection of bills are to the extreme in terms of grading. This heavily folded an dirty bill is just a little older than the $5 bill I featured last week which was near perfect. Since currency collecting is not my first choice I tend to but them aside only if I notice, unfortunately that is not often.

When I first started coin collecting as a child I never thought of collecting bills because they were too much money to just put aside. Then I inherited a bunch of $2 bills and tried to keep them. Unfortunately I needed to buy some stuff with cash and spent them all. For years I just did not bother. After collecting state quarters and seeing how quickly they added to real money I figured maybe try saving $1 bills. Soon after saving a few I got several silver certificates and thought I should try to collect them all.

Granted having a job and earning a paycheck was a big factor. Not being dependent on an allowance was great. Collecting coins or currency is better the more money you make. Also at the time I cashed out my paychecks so I got a lot of money to sort through at once. Slowly I started plucking out one note from each denomination and series. This went well until about 2009 when I went electronic. Having all my financial transactions done electronically actually saves me time and money but nearly shutdown my finds.

Change finds depends on the amount of cash you come across, the more cash = the more opportunities to find something. Unless I get a bigger paycheck or the bank changes its fees I am stuck with e-banking and see few opportunities to get cash.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / St. Louis
Year: 2003
Printings: 51,200,000
Printed: February 2004
Run: 3rd of 8 runs from DH12800001A - DH19200000A 
Value:  $5.00 in Very-Good (VG)

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2003-A $5 Bill, FH-A

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So clean and near perfect. I got this ordinary $5 bill back in 2007 when they first came out. It was also the time I used the most cash and was really into collecting every kind of currency or coin. The bill itself may not actually be perfect but it might be worth grading, despite the fact it will cost more to grade than it is worth.

Lately work and life keeps me from obsessing with ever bill coin I come across. That is not the main problem with modern collecting. The real issue is that I use less cash. I mean I just got a bunch of cash back reward points for paying my taxes via cards and I paid them immediately so no interest was charged.

Not to get too off topic but February was great for paying and buying stuff using no cash and then at the end I made a profit. Granted find new bills is has become a bit more of a bother. Less change finds unless you include staring over the shoulder of people paying online and hoping they are willing to trade.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / St. Louis
Year: 2003-A
Printings: 83,200,000
Printed: April 2007
Run: 13th of 13 runs from FH76800001A - FH83200000A 
Value:  $15.00 in Choice Crisp-Uncirculated (CH-CU)

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2006 (Non-Colorized) $5 Bill, HF-C

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Last week I brought the 2006 (Colorized) $5 Bill and this week is the non-colorized version. There was no mistake in series date. There was never going to be a 2008 series note. This 2006 (Non-Colorized) $5 Bill had a short run from May-October of 2007.

At the time even I did not realize two 2006 $5 bills had been issued so by the time I noticed I could only find this less than excellent version. Again the changes in my opinion are noticeable and extreme but they chose to keep the series the same and just change the serial prefix letter.

Here are both for comparison:

 

Ignoring the fact I took the picture of the non-colorized version crooked the differences are obvious.

• They added color to the later note.
• They removed all the portrait borders.
• Enlarged the reverse corner 5 and made it purple.
• The front bottom corner 5's lost their color.
• The paper now has background images.
• Several more small changes for those with sharp eyes.

Although a small run and basically an unexpected note it does not hold any extra value. 409+ million were printed which is still a large number. Many were saved in high grade so it is possible to get them for cheap and graded.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / Atlanta
Year: 2006 (Non-Colorized)
Printings: 275,200,000
Printed: August 2007
Run: 3rd of 13 runs from HF12800001C - HF19200000C 
Value:  $5.00 in Fine

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2006 (Colorized) $5 Bill, IB-A

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This is the note that breaks all the rules about series year. The first colorized $5 bill has the series year 2006 but so does the last non-colorized $5 bill. Usually the letter A would have been added or start a completely new series year instead they just changed the serial prefix. Older 2006 $5 bill are H-blocks while newer ones are I-blocks.

The biggest change from non-colorized version, besides the colored background, was the giant purple 5 on the reverse. All the corner 5's were made lighter but the one on the reverse was made huge for ease of use. To me it makes it look like the funny money from a foreign country but that is the way our money is headed.

Still why these design changes did not merit a new series letter probably had to do with laws and politics more than system in place. It is easier to print a quick small run of H-block then ask permission to change the series year. Certain things about currency confuses me too so if you have a definitive answer let me know in the comments section.

Coins are much simpler.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $5 Note - Fort Worth / New York
Year: 2006 (Colorized)
Printings: 256,000,000
Printed: December 2007
Run: 1st of 15 runs from IB00000001A - IB06400000A 
Value:  $7.50 in CU 

Sidenote: I just realized I have not plucked out a 2009 $5 bill from my change.

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1953-A $5 Star Note

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This was my last find of last year but I thought I should move it to the front of the line while I have a bit of time. It also happened to be my best find of 2010. Got some last second gifts at a gift shop and the lady on line paid with this bill not caring to spend it on junk gifts. While the cashier did not even check if it was real but quickly passed it on to me. I was surprised no one else cared that this was a blue seal older note.

This is a silver certificate from the 1953-A it is also a star note. One more thing some sharp eyes may notice is on the obverse at the top left and center are some black line. On the reverse on the top right is a green line. Those are the positioning or alignment marks. These marks were used to line up the original 12-subject sheet to be cut to the exact dollar dimensions. This bill is slightly off-center so the marks are visible. Go ahead click each image and see for yourself, I will wait for you to comeback...see told you.

Although it has a slight faulty alignment this was common in these types of notes, from what I understand it does not add much value.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 5 Dollars / United States
Year: 1953-A
Date Printed: July 1957 - January 1961
Printings: 12,960,000
Run: *15120001A - *2808000A
Value: $55.00 in this shape

The condition is crisp and without bends or folds. Unfortunately the scanner did some auto correction and took out all the stains and yellowness. I am using a new scanner not my older-better model. To make sure this bill was not ironed I held it up to a strong light and checked every inch for thin light-lines that would indicate it was folded once. Pressing a bill is fine while iron is considered deceptive and possible destructive.

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Big 5, Low Excitement

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Recently I received in change the $5 bill with big purple 5 on the back. I seems a bit silly to put these anti-counterfeiting measures especially since the Euro is worth more and the $5 bill won't get you a gallon of milk in NYC.

Still it's not much of a change since the last one. Speaking of change I did get a few other pieces, an old nickel, a Canadian cent, and a Trinidad & Tobago quarter.

None of these are worth a premium but I still like putting them aside. I must congratulate some of the visitors to this site because they have found some valuable pieces. Errors worth hundreds and older bills worth thousands. While I've yet to find anything that special I will keep searching.

Here's the stats...
Type / Country: 5 dollar bill / United States
Year: 2006--(Actual Printing Feb. 2008)
Mintage: 6,400,000
Value: $5.00 in CU

Type / Country: 1 Cent / Canada
Year: 1966
Mintage: 183,644,388
Metal: Bronze
Value: $0.03 in G-4

Type / Country: 25 Cents / Trinidad & Tobago
Year: 2007
Mintages: Not yet known.
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.30 in XF

Type / Country: 5 Cents / United States
Year: 1946-S
Mintage: 13,560,000
Metal: 75% Copper, 25% Nickel
Value: $0.20 in F-12

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