Serial Number Ranges

These pages list the serial number ranges used for each series and denomination of U.S. currency.

Series	Denomination
Summary	$1	$2	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100
2009	-	-	-	-	$20	-	-
2006	$1	-	$ 5	$10	$20	$50	$100
2004A	-	-	-	$10	$20	$50	-
2003A	$1	$2	$5	-	-	-	$100
2004	-	-	-	-	$20	$50	-
2003	$1	$2	$5	$10	-	-	$100
2001	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100
1999	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	-	$100
1996	-	-	-	-	$20	$50	$100
1995	$1	$2	$5	$10	$20	-	-
1993	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100
1990	-	-	-	$10	$20	$50	$100
1988A	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	-	-
1988	$1	-	$5	-	-	$50	$100
1985	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100
1981A	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100
1981	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100
1977A	$1	-	$5	$10	-	-	-
1977	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100
1976	-	$2	-	-	-	-	-
1974	$1	-	$5	$10	$20	$50	$100

The summary pages give an overview of the serial ranges printed for each denomination, starting with Series 1928. The individual series pages go into more detail on block ending numbers, gaps in the numbering, and star note serial ranges. For the more recent series, they also break down the serial ranges by month of production; this information is only available back to August 1976 at present, but I may extend the monthly tables farther back if I can ever find the additional data. Meanwhile, I'm just keeping them up to date as each month's production figures are announced by the BEP.

Latest update: January 2010 production data added, 02/05/10.

New series update: The first report of a Series 2009 $20 in circulation was received on December 20, from Long Island, New York. The note has a serial number in the JB..A block and was printed at Washington on the SOI presses. If anyone else has seen the new Rios-Geithner series, please do let me know!

Check your $20's: The 2006 $20's printed at Washington have been found to come in two different varieties. Some notes, printed on the BEP's newest-generation presses, have an oversized face plate number. See this page for more information, and please do report any $20 notes in your possession that can shed any light on the serial ranges involved. Thanks much!

Other pages related to serial numbering:

How to read the monthly production tables.
Serial number summary tables for obsolete high-denomination notes, from $500 to $100,000.
Block and group lists for the more recent series.
A somewhat technical page on the details of serial numbering systems.
Partial data on the serial numbers of the uncut sheets and other special collector offerings sold by the BEP.
Serial number ranges for the web press notes that the BEP was printing a number of years ago.
An explanation of the differences between COPE and conventional overprinting.

I'm conducting a survey of older-series star notes, in order to try to pin down some precise serial number ranges that don't seem to have been recorded by the BEP. If you have any stars from Series 1935D through Series 1974, please check the survey page to see if any of your notes fall into still-unreported ranges. Thanks! :)

Comments? Questions? Caught a typo? You can email me here.

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