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5 Dollars Federal Reserve Note, large portrait
| Issuer | Federal Reserve System |
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| Year | 1999-2006 |
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| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, United States (1862-date) |
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| Signature(s) | 1999 - Mary Ellen Withrow and Robert E. Rubin 2001 - Mary Ellen Withrow and Lawrence H. Summers 2001 - Rosario Marin and Lawrence H. Summers 2003 - Rosario Marin and John W. Snow 2003 - Anna Escobedo Cabral and John W. Snow |
| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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This series introduced the enlarged off-center portrait of Lincoln as part of the 1996–2000 redesign rollout, a response to increasingly sophisticated counterfeiting rather than any scheduled currency refresh. The embedded security thread on the $5 reads "USA FIVE" and glows blue under ultraviolet — a detail that distinguished it from the $100 and $50 threads introduced in earlier redesign phases. The note was itself superseded relatively quickly; the BEP's next $5 redesign, which added a large purple "5" and additional color shifting ink, entered circulation in 2008.
The five signature combinations across this short run reflect unusual Treasury turnover — three Treasurers and three Secretaries within seven years, spanning two administrations.