United States · Federal Reserve Note
$1 · Series 2003 · Atlanta ★
Face with Washington, the Atlanta seal (F / 6), and replacement serial F 05033622 ★; back with the Great Seal. Series 2003, Marin–Snow, Fort Worth.
Catalog facts
- Pick reference
- P#515a · Fr. 1929-F*
- Serial number
- F05033622★
- Signatures
- Rosario Marin (Treasurer) and John W. Snow (Secretary of the Treasury)
- Condition
- Circulated, unslabbed, in a rigid holder (private collection)
- Printage
- BEP, Fort Worth (FW). USPaperMoney.Info places F05033622★ in the August 2005 replacement run, F03200001★–F06400000★ (3,200,000 notes). Friedberg lists Fr. 1929-F* at 3,200,000.
Face
Back
The note
The Series 2003 $1 (Pick 515a, Friedberg 1929-F*) is a small-size Federal Reserve Note of the Atlanta district: a black seal with F, 6s in the four inner corners, and the bank legend “FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA GEORGIA.” The black face with green seal and serials carries George Washington in an oval and, at right, the Treasury seal over ONE. The signatures are Rosario Marin and John W. Snow, delivered to the BEP on 5 March 2003. The motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” is already on the back. Plate marks are C3 at upper left and FW C 222 at lower right: the FW prefix identifies the Fort Worth plant. The green back shows both faces of the Great Seal — the pyramid and the eagle — flanking ONE; plate 88 sits to the right of the central block. This collection piece, circulated and unslabbed, is in a rigid holder and bears replacement serial F 05033622 ★ (F★ block), printed at lower left and upper right.
Scarcity and printage
Series 2003 $1 notes — Marin–Snow signatures, printed from July 2003 through October 2005 — were everyday Reserve paper. The Bank Note Museum numbers the type P-515a. Atlanta had 1,075,200,000 regular notes and 3,520,000 stars in two runs. The first, July 2003 in Washington (Fr. 1928-F*, F00000001★–F00320000★, 320,000 notes), is the scarce one. This piece falls in the second: Fort Worth, August 2005, Fr. 1929-F*, F03200001★–F06400000★, 3,200,000 notes. A star marks a replacement; this FW run is the common Atlanta star of the series.
Population
A PMG or PCGS census for this serial has not been independently verified. The note is shown in original, circulated, unslabbed condition, in a rigid holder.
Sources
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Bank Note Museum — P-515, Series 2003 and 2003A $1 Federal Reserve Note
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P-515a: Series 2003, Marin and Snow signatures; district F = Atlanta.
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USPaperMoney.Info — Series 2003 $1 serial ranges and stars
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Atlanta: 1,075,200,000 regular notes and 3,520,000 stars in two runs. August 2005: F03200001★–F06400000★.
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U.S. Department of the Treasury — Snow and Marin signatures for Series 2003 (JS-84)
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5 March 2003: signatures delivered to the BEP; $1 production expected in April and shipment to the Reserve in July.
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U.S. Currency Education Program — $1
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Washington on the $1 since 1869; both faces of the Great Seal on the back since 1935.
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U.S. Currency Education Program — History of U.S. Currency
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Massachusetts 1690, Continentals, National Banknotes, silver certificates, and the HAWAII overprint.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing — History
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Gold Certificates (1865), United States Notes (1869), Silver Certificates (1878), and the Federal Reserve Act (1913).
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing — FAQs
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United States Notes: first national paper (1862); last placed in circulation 21 January 1971. Series 1934 $100,000 Gold Certificate.
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American Numismatic Society — A History of American Currency
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Massachusetts 1690 as the first Western public paper; the 10 percent tax and the National Banking Act of 1863.
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Newman Numismatic Portal — Massachusetts, 10 December 1690
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£7,000 in Colony or Old Charter Bills; first authorized public paper currency in the Western world.
- Bank Note Museum — United States (opens in a new tab)
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Bank Note Museum — Confederate States of America
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February 1864 issue: Pick 64–73, including the $20 P-69.