Very often not. Bills are printed with the same series date until the Treasury decides that a new series should start. Series dates on US bills are a major source of confusion because there are no consistent rules for their application.
A series date normally combines the first year a particular type of bill was produced with the Treasury officials in office at that time. In the past, the Treasury's practice was to change a series date only when a bill underwent a major redesign. Whenever a new Secretary of the Treasury or a new US Treasurer was appointed, a small letter would be placed under or next to the date. However the first issue in a series had no letter so an A actually indicated the second bill in a series, B the third, and so on.
That practice reached its extreme with the 1935 series of $1 silver certificates. The design was essentially unchanged for almost 3 decades so bills printed as late as the early 1960s were still dated 1935 while the series letters extended up through H.
By the 1970s the Treasury adopted a de facto policy of starting a new series date based on the appointment of a new Treasury Secretary, while series letters were added or changed only when a new Treasurer (a secondary position) took office. That led to other anomalies. For example, if a particular denomination wasn't printed during a Treasurer's term, its letter would be missing from the series. And the 2006 series of $5 bills has an opposite situation - its design was changed during the middle of the terms of the same Secretary and Treasurer, so both the old green and black bills as well as the new purple and gray fives have the series. This has led to numerous rumors about "printing errors" and "rare bills", none of which are true and are simply the result of misunderstanding how dates are assigned.
The letter next to the date on any US bill is called the series letter. It indicates how many major changes have been made to some aspect of the bill since the series started. It indicates which pairing of Treasury Secretary and US Treasurer were in office when that particular run of bills was first printed. The "A" on a 1934 $10 bill means it was printed during the run begun when Henry Morgenthau was Treasury Secretary and William A. Julian was Treasurer; i.e. somewhere in the period between January 1934 and July 1945 So if it could have been printed in 1945, why does the bill have a 1934 date on it? Unlike dates on coins, the dates on US bills aren't necessarily the year they were printed. They indicate the start of what's called a "series". The letter is a kind of subseries within the series year. Up till 1974, a series date represented the year that a particular design was adopted. The series date stayed the same until that particular design was replaced. When a new Treasury Secretary or US Treasurer was appointed, a small letter would be put next to the date. The start of the series had no letter. When a new official was appointed an A would be added, then a B, C, and so on. "A" is the first letter which means your bill was printed as part of the second subseries, because the first one didn't have a letter. While most denominations were redesigned somewhat regularly and thus got new series dates, 1935-series $1 bills were never updated. The date was kept the same while the series letter just kept incrementing with every signature change, for some 30-odd years. The absurd situation of 1935-dated bills being printed into the 1960s led to new policy in 1974. Since then, the series date is changed whenever a new Treasury Secretary is appointed, in addition to whenever there's a new design. The series letter now increments only when or if a new Treasurer is appointed during that series year.
Not necessarily. The series year on a US bill indicates the design of the currency, not the year it was printed. A Series 1934 US $10 bill refers to the specific design used for that denomination in 1934, but the bill could have been printed any time during the series' lifespan, which could extend beyond 1934. To determine the exact year of printing, one would need to look for additional indicators such as the specific seal and signatures on the bill.
If you mean whose PORTRAIT is on the bill, the Series 1928 and 1934 bills carried a picture of President William McKinley. Those were the last $500 bills printed in the US.
A better description of the note is needed, just because the date 1905 appears on the bill does not mean it was printed in that year, also the bill should be much larger than what we see today. Post new question.
There were no $2 bills printed with the date 1923. If you mean 1928, please see the Related Question for more information.
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.
If you mean the series date, it's 1934
It depends a whole lot on what you mean by "old". If you mean a bill printed within the last 20 years but before either of the current series, the answer is no. But if you mean a bill printed in the first half of the 20th century, some of them are worth more than $100 to a collector. But to know exactly, you have to check the bill's date, what letter (if any) is next to the date, and sometimes, what Federal Reserve District distributed it. There's more information at the Related Link.
If you mean size, all notes printed before series 1928 were large sized. If you mean larger denomination, there were $500, 1000, 5000, 10,000, and 100,000 notes printed. Notes having a denomination of larger than $100 has not been printed since 1945.
The series letter on any US bill is normally located next to the date, and corresponds to the signature combination (Treasury Secretary and/or Treasurer) on the bill.Explaining how series letters work is a bit complicated.[1] Unlike the date on a coin, the date on a US bill isn't the year it was made. Rather, it's the year that a particular type of bill was first printed, and is called the "series date". Series dates can stay the same for more than one year, until the Treasury picks a new date.[2] When a new series date is selected, the first signature combination does not have a letter. If there's a new combination within that series year, an "A" is added; the next combination is "B" and so on. In other words, "A" actually indicates the second combination, "B" is the third, etc.I.e. a bill with a "G" series letter has the eighth distinct set of signatures for bills with that series date. The only time that happened was with the 1935 series of $1 bills - a 1935 G bill was actually printed in the early 1960s!The natural question is: Why did the series date stay the same for almost 3 decades? It happened because at that time a new series date was selected only when a bill underwent a major redesign. $1 bills hadn't ever been updated so the Treasury just kept using the 1935 date. In fact, the last 1935-dated bills were printed in March, 1964. That somewhat absurd situation led the Treasury to re-evaluate the criteria for selecting a series date. Now a new series date starts not only when a design is changed, but also when a new Secretary of the Treasury is chosen; the letter changes only when and if a new Treasurer is appointed. If you look at the bills in your wallet you'll find many different series dates but very few series letters.
The letter next to the date on any US bill is called the series letter. It indicates how many major changes have been made to some aspect of the bill since the series started. It indicates which pairing of Treasury Secretary and US Treasurer were in office when that particular run of bills was first printed. The "A" on a 1934 $10 bill means it was printed during the run begun when Henry Morgenthau was Treasury Secretary and William A. Julian was Treasurer; i.e. somewhere in the period between January 1934 and July 1945 So if it could have been printed in 1945, why does the bill have a 1934 date on it? Unlike dates on coins, the dates on US bills aren't necessarily the year they were printed. They indicate the start of what's called a "series". The letter is a kind of subseries within the series year. Up till 1974, a series date represented the year that a particular design was adopted. The series date stayed the same until that particular design was replaced. When a new Treasury Secretary or US Treasurer was appointed, a small letter would be put next to the date. The start of the series had no letter. When a new official was appointed an A would be added, then a B, C, and so on. "A" is the first letter which means your bill was printed as part of the second subseries, because the first one didn't have a letter. While most denominations were redesigned somewhat regularly and thus got new series dates, 1935-series $1 bills were never updated. The date was kept the same while the series letter just kept incrementing with every signature change, for some 30-odd years. The absurd situation of 1935-dated bills being printed into the 1960s led to new policy in 1974. Since then, the series date is changed whenever a new Treasury Secretary is appointed, in addition to whenever there's a new design. The series letter now increments only when or if a new Treasurer is appointed during that series year.
Not necessarily. The series year on a US bill indicates the design of the currency, not the year it was printed. A Series 1934 US $10 bill refers to the specific design used for that denomination in 1934, but the bill could have been printed any time during the series' lifespan, which could extend beyond 1934. To determine the exact year of printing, one would need to look for additional indicators such as the specific seal and signatures on the bill.
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.
It's called a series letter. Series letters can be used on any type and denomination of bill.Dates on U.S. currency don't indicate the year in which the bill was printed, only the series. The factors that determine a series have changed over the years. It used to be that a new series was introduced only when a bill's design changed. When a new treasury secretary or new treasurer was appointed, a letter was placed after the date. The lack of design changes during the 20th century produced some ridiculously long series. For ex. the 1935 series of silver certificates was printed into the late 1950s, with series letters going up to H.Now, the series is linked to the treasury secretary - when a new person is appointed, the bills have a new series date. When the treasurer (a secondary office) changes, the same series date is kept, but the letter changes.Regardless of which practice is used, the first bills in a series have no letter. An A is appended only after there is a change in cabinet officers, so an "A" bill is really the second in the series, a "B" bill is third, etc.These practices have produced some anomalies - for example there are 2004A $10 bills but no 2004 tens because no tens were printed during the term of office of the first treasurer who served Secretary John Snow. But there are also two differentdesigns of $5 bill with the same series because the same treasurer was in office during the time that each design was issued!
Hello, Probably the Date of Manufacture.
If you mean whose PORTRAIT is on the bill, the Series 1928 and 1934 bills carried a picture of President William McKinley. Those were the last $500 bills printed in the US.
A better description of the note is needed, just because the date 1905 appears on the bill does not mean it was printed in that year, also the bill should be much larger than what we see today. Post new question.