2008 100 Consecutive Five Dollar Bills Start Price USD 550.00 Current Price USD 560.00 Time Left - Bid Count 2 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 07, 2008 End Time Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Location Warsaw, MO See more about '2008 100 Consecutive Five Dollar Bills' Description THIS IS A MUST FOR ANY COLLECTOR AND CANNOT BE BOUGHT THROUGH THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING $500 of Uncirculated Redesigned Currency Still in original strap packaging from Federal Reserve Consecutives: Serial Number 1B80473801A to 1B80473900A   About the New $5 Bill The new $5 bills, which entered circulation on March 13, 2008, are safer, smarter and more secure: safer because they’re harder to fake and easier to check; smarter to stay ahead of savvy counterfeiters; and more secure to protect the integrity of U.S. currency. Because security features are difficult for counterfeiters to reproduce well, they often do not try, hoping that cash handlers and the public will not check their money.   Security Features The redesigned $5 bill retains two of the most important security features that were first introduced in the 1990s and are easy to check. Watermark: There are now two watermarks on the redesigned $5 bill. A large number "5" watermark is located to the right of the portrait, replacing the previous watermark portrait of President Lincoln found on older design $5 bills. Its location is highlighted by a blank window incorporated into the background design. A second watermark — a column of three smaller "5"s — has been added to the new $5 bill design and is positioned to the left of the portrait. Hold your bill up to the light and look for the two new watermarks. Security thread: The embedded security thread, which is located to the left of the portrait on older-design $5 bills, has moved to the right of the portrait on the redesigned $5 bill. The letters "USA" followed by the number "5" in an alternating pattern are visible along the thread from both sides of the bill. The embedded security thread glows blue when held under ultraviolet light. Hold your bill up to the light and look for the embedded security thread.   Design Features The new $5 bills remain the same size and use the same, but enhanced, portraits and historical images. Above all, the world will continue to recognize the new money as quintessentially American. The new design updates not only add complexity to the bill to make counterfeiting more difficult, but also include other features that help the public to tell denominations apart, particularly those persons with visual impairments.   Color: Because color can be duplicated by potential counterfeiters, it should not be used to verify the authenticity of paper money. Adding color to the bill’s design, however, does add complexity to the design. The most noticeable difference in the redesigned $5 bill is the addition of light purple in the center of the bill, which blends into gray near the edges. Small yellow "05"s are printed to the left of the portrait on the front of the bill and to the right of the Lincoln Memorial vignette on the back.    Insurance will be added on to the selling price when auction is ended.   Place a Bid!