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The series date on any US bill means the same thing. Unlike the dates on coins, dates on US bills don't indicate the year it was issued. Instead, the date indicates when a particular printing first started regardless of when the bill was actually printed.

Up till 1974, a "series" normally included all bills with a particular design. The first bills in a series had no letter by the date. When a new Secretary of the Treasury or US Treasurer was appointed, an A would be added to the date. If another officer was appointed the letter would change to a B, and so on. The most extreme example was the 1935 series of $1 silver certificates. The same design was used from 1935 to 1965 and the series letters went up to H.

In 1974 the policy was changed so that a new series date would be used whenever a new Secretary of the Treasury takes office or a new design is adopted. A letter is added only when a new Treasurer is appointed. Because of that, series letters now rarely go beyond B or C.

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