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On the one dollar bill, the bank can be quickly identified by a letter code in the Federal Reserve Seal to the left of the portrait of George Washington. The letter code is also found in the prefix of the serial number. A corresponding Federal Reserve District Number code is found in four locations.
The $1 Federal Reserve note was issued in 1963, and its design—featuring President George Washington and the Great Seal of the United States—remains unchanged.
- Caitlin Schneider
- THE NOTE-POSITION IDENTIFIER. Made up of the check letter and quadrant number, the note-position identifier indicates the physical spot that a particular bill occupied on a printing sheet.
- FEDERAL RESERVE SEAL. Established in 1913, the Federal Reserve is made up of twelve banks that distribute currency. The seal bears the name of the issuing bank and a letter designating the district—"L" is the letter for San Francisco.
- SERIAL NUMBER. The serial number appears twice on the front of the bill, once in the lower left hand corner and once in upper right hand corner. All bills above $2 have a serial number that begins with two letters: The first corresponds to the series year, and the second to the letter code of the bank that distributed the bill ($1 bills only have this letter).
- FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT NUMBER. This number appears four times on the front of the bill. These many signifiers can be helpful in cases of mutilated currency.
The United States one-dollar bill (US$1), sometimes referred to as a single, has been the lowest value denomination of United States paper currency since the discontinuation of U.S. fractional currency notes in 1876.
That's a lot of stuff! Let's break them down. Today, every $1 bill has a Federal Reserve District Seal. It's a one- or two-digit number that appears in the corner of the bill four different times (this dollar shows a No. 2). The numbers indicate which Federal Reserve Bank actually printed the bill.
- Sarah Gleim
The Seven Denominations. The Federal Reserve Board currently issues $1 , $2 , $5 , $10 , $20 , $50 , and $100 notes . Click on the notes below to learn more about their design and security features.
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