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Valued Member
United States
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Hello:
I'm new to all of this numismatic collecting.
I have a $5 dollar bill that has a serial number that starts with MF.
Can someone let me know what that means?
Thanks so much, this site is awesome!
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Your bill is produced for the Atlanta District.
F = Atlanta
A = Boston
B = New York
C = Philadelphia
D = Cleveland
E = Richmond
F = Atlanta
G = Chicago
H = St. Louis
I = Minneapols
J = Kansas City
K = Dallas
L = San Francisco
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
369 Posts |
Yup, for all bills $5 and up, the first letter designates the series of the bill. This extra letter was added first to the 1996 redesign, so any bills 1995 and older only have 1 leading letter.
A- 1996
B- 1999
C- 2001
D- 2003
E- 2004
F- 2003A
G- 2004A
H- 2006 (uncolored)
I- 2006 (colored)
J- 2009
K- 2006A
L- 2009A
M- 2013
And as hajduk said, the second letter indicates the Federal Reserve Bank it was produced for.
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03/08/2015 1:19 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I did not know what the "M" was for ... Thanks for posting  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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That's some darn cool info. Hmmm... unless I'm wrong, and I'm never wrong (thank you, Prince Humperdink), we're exactly half way through the alphabet.
Wonder what they're going to do after Z in another 20 or so years? AA, AB, AC?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What does MF mean on serial number Coincidentally, that also happens to be what it says on my wallet. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very interesting....he he I'm not gonna tell you what I thought it meant!
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Valued Member
United States
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Wonder what they're going to do after Z in another 20 or so years? AA, AB, AC?
Don't forget when they change series(about every 3 years), they can re-use letter combinations. Plus with each prefix combination(MF, NF, OF, etc.) there are a possible 26 suffix letters they can use. With 26 x 99,999,999 notes per prefix combination(MF-A, MF-B, etc), I don't think they have to worry.
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Valued Member
United States
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Don't forget when they change series(about every 3 years), they can re-use letter combinations. Plus with each prefix combination(MF, NF, OF, etc.) there are a possible 26 suffix letters they can use. With 26 x 99,999,999 notes per prefix combination(MF-A, MF-B, etc), I don't think they have to worry. But remember they restart the block (suffix) letters at A for every series change. JF-A was followed by JF-B and so forth, but as soon as series 2013 rolled around they restarted the block letter at MF-A. Also O and Z are skipped for block letters. We'll see if they skip O as a prefix, but that should be coming in less than 10 years. We'll probably hit the end of the alphabet in about 20-30 more years, so it'll definitely be interesting to see what they do. My guess is just restart at A. |
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