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Series detail

Series overview

Large-size notes
Series Denominations Obligation clause[1]
1914 $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 This note is receivable by all national and member banks and Federal Reserve Banks and for all taxes, customs and other public dues. It is redeemable in gold on demand at the Treasury Department of the United States in the city of Washington, District of Columbia or in gold or lawful money at any Federal Reserve Bank.
1918 $500, $1000, $5000, $10 000
Small-size notes
Series Denominations Obligation clause Remarks
1928 $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1000, $5000, $10 000 Redeemable in gold on demand at the United States Treasury, or in gold or lawful money at any Federal Reserve Bank Branch ID in numerals
1934 This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private, and is redeemable in lawful money at the United States Treasury, or at any Federal Reserve Bank Branch ID in letters; after the Great Depression in 1929
1950 $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 Slight design changes: branch logo; placements of signatures, "Series xxxx", and "Washington, D.C.",
1963, 1969, 1974 $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private First FRN $1; "Will pay to the bearer on demand" removed; Seal in Latin replaced by seal in English in 1969[2]
1976 $2 First FRN $2, Bicentennial
1977, 1981, 1985, 1988 $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
1990 $10, $20, $50, $100
1993 $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
1995 $1, $2, $5, $10, $20
Large-portrait ($1 and $2 remain small-portrait)
Series Denominations Obligation clause Remarks
1996 $20, $50, $100 This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private
1999, 2001 $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
2003 $1, $2, $5, $10, $100
Color notes ($1 and $2 remain unchanged)
2004 $10, $20, $50 This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private
2006 $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100

Series 1928–2003

Small size notes
Image Value Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse first series last series
$1 George Washington Great Seal of the United States 1963 current (2006)
$2 Thomas Jefferson Trumbull's Declaration of Independence 1976 current (2003A)
$5 Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Memorial 1928 1995
$10 Alexander Hamilton United States Department of the Treasury Building
$20 Andrew Jackson White House
File:US $50 1993 Federal Reserve Note Obverse.jpg File:US $50 1993 Federal Reserve Note Reverse.jpg $50 Ulysses S. Grant United States Capitol 1993
$100 Benjamin Franklin Independence Hall
$500 William McKinley Value 1934
$1000 Grover Cleveland
$5000 James Madison
$10 000 Salmon P. Chase
$5 As small-size, small-portrait notes 1999 2006
$10 1999 2003
$20 1996 2001
$50
$100 2009

Post-2004 Redesigned Series

Beginning in 2003, the Federal Reserve introduced a new series of bills, featuring images of the symbols of freedom. The new $20 bill was first issued on October 9, 2003; the new $50 on September 28, 2004; the new $10 bill on March 2, 2006; the new $5 on March 13, 2008. Introduction of a new $100 had been repeatedly delayed,[3] but was revealed on April 21, 2010.[4]

Color series
Image Value Main Color Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Watermark first series Issue
$5 Purple President Abraham Lincoln; Great Seal of the United States Lincoln Memorial Two Watermarks of the Number "5" 2006 March 13, 2008
$10 Orange Secretary Alexander Hamilton; The phrase "We the People" from the United States Constitution and the torch of the Statue of Liberty United States Department of Treasury Building As portrait 2004 A March 2, 2006
$20 Green President Andrew Jackson; Eagle White House 2004 October 9, 2003
$50 Pink President Ulysses S. Grant; Flag of the United States United States Capitol 2004 September 28, 2004
$100 Teal Benjamin Franklin; Declaration of Independence Independence Hall 2009 February 10, 2011
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

All small-sized bills measure 6.14 in × 2.61 in (156 mm × 66 mm).

  1. ^ Devoted to Truth. "Evolution from Gold to Fiat Money". Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference USPaperMoney.info-1969 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Bureau of Engraving and Printing. "The Redesigned Currency: Safer, Smarter, More Secure". Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  4. ^ United States to unveil new 100-dollar note April 21, 2010