The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 53, December 18, 2005, Article 10

U.S. PAPER MONEY SERIES YEAR EXPLAINED

Mark Tomasko writes: "I was getting new money at the
bank this morning and in answer to Joe Boling's inquiry,
the prefix on the 2004A $50 bill is G.

David Klinger writes: "The confusing relationship between
series, year, banks, and serial numbers, on Federal
Reserve Notes issued since 1996, is explained on the BEP
web site at the following link: Full Story "

"Beginning with Series 1996 Federal Reserve notes,
there are two prefix letters to the serial number.
The first prefix letter indicates the series year.
The second prefix letter indicates the issuing Reserve
Bank. Table 1 shows the relationship of the series
year to the first prefix letter serial number. Table 2
shows the relationship of the second prefix letter in
the serial number to the Reserve Bank. The last letter
of the serial number or suffix letter identifies the
number of times that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
used the sequence of serial numbers - A is the first time,
B is the second time, C is the third time and so on."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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