I have quite a bit of paper currency on hand and can attest, there are absolutely none newer than 2017! Talking about green money here, not coins.
Can someone provide the reason for this? I believe I read a commenter on the thread said Trump passed something and could be the reason behind this. I’m very curious as to what all this means. Anyone else noticing this with their money?
I remember reading that the date is the last time the currency was updated and not the date it was printed. I'm not sure if it is true but I remembered it because I questioned if it was true.
Yes, I think US currency is printed in "series" and it may be that the most recent is Series 2017. I'm pretty sure the Treasury is still printing currency.
Makes sense too...I wonder if there’s an archive that tells you when new series were introduced? I might have to see if there’s a pattern with the ones I hold and do a little more digging regarding series issues.
Don't know... maybe look on the US Treasury website?
Following up on this, after seeing something about it last week, I've gone through a bunch of paper notes with others, just for kicks. Bills are not marked every year, but have always changed with Secretary of the Treasury changes, and start being printed with their names on the year they take office, except for John Snow who is listed as 2003-2006. This may be because the new high security bill was released in 2003 and the next printing with his name was 2004, just conjecture.
Now, nothing for 2021 Yellen. No one I know has seen anything after 2017 A. I've collected $20 bills as below, years (initials of SoT).
2004 (JWS) 2006 (HMP) 2009 (TFG) 2013 (JJL) 2017 & 2017A (STM)
The twenties have not had an A series since 2004 and apparently never before that. Oddly, the 2006 HMP series isn't even listed on the gov site (www bep.gov/currency/serial-numbers). They do list everything through 2017 A. That's it.
Informative, but still weird all that is ever seen is not newer than 2017.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/coin_currency_orders.htm
Edit: The series number will remain the year it’s issued even if the money is printed in a following year? Not sure I’m grasping this.