The date on a bill is not the year it was printed, it's the so-called "series" under which the bill was issued. Normally when a new Secretary of the Treasury is appointed, a new series is started. When a new Treasurer is appointed, a small letter is appended to the date. Because Henry Paulson was appointed as Treasury Secretary in 2006, bills bearing his signature are thus all dated Series 2006. If a new Treasurer is appointed before the end of the year those bills will read "2006 A". When a new Secretary is named in 2009, those bills will be Series 2009.
They were making them in 2006 but they were not suppose to get out. There are rummers that if you turn them in to the bank you will get more money.
A series date indicates the year some aspect of the bill was updated. Such changes would be a new bill design, or a new Treasury Secretary. In the case of a date with a letter next to it, that means there was a new U.S. Treasurer, but under the same Secretary. The date is NOT indicative of the year the bill was printed, as it is with coins.
There are misprinted bills in every series.
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There is no such thing as a misprinted new 5 dollar bill. People think this because the year on them is 2006, but didn't come out until 2008. 2006 is the series year based on the start of the Treasury Secretary's term. The serial number indicates of when it was printed. Check it out: www . snopes . com/business/money/newmoney.asp
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Benjamin Franklin's portrait is still on the $100 bill, regardless of series date.
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What date? Please post a new question.
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There are series dates on all U.S. currency. There is a new year if there is a design change or a new Secretary of the Treasury. Then if there is a new U.S. Treasurer, but under the same Secretary, a letter is added to the date.