On the left side of the Lincoln portrait is written, 'This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private'.īelow this is the Federal Reserve Banking District that the $5 bill was printed for. To the right of the portrait is the serial number, which in this case is B02269627*, making this five dollar federal reserve note a star replacement note.īelow the serial number is the Department of the Treasury seal which is green and has the letters FIVE written across it.Īt the bottom right is written Series 1988 and the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F Brady. Above this is written 'THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'. In the center of the obverse of the 1988 $5 bill is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Louis (H), Minneapolis (I), San Francisco (L) Star Note Varieties: 1988 (3) Boston (A), New York (B), Atlanta (F) 1988A (9) Boston (A), New York (B), Cleveland (D), Richmond (E), Atlanta (F), Chicago (G), St.Louis (H), Minneapolis (I), Kansas City (J), Dallas (K), San Francisco (L)

Regular Varieties: (12) Boston (A), New York (B), Philadelphia (C), Cleveland (D), Richmond (E), Atlanta (F), Chicago (G), St.

Signature Varieties: (2) 1988 Katherine Dávalos Ortega - Nicholas F Brady, 1988A Catalina Vásquez Villalpando - Nicholas F Brady.

1988 $5 bills are worth more if they have special serial number ranges, are of exceptional quality or have an interesting error.

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