New $5 Bill

The Federal Reserve announced today that it starts to ship the redesigned, colorful 5 dollar bill to banks on March 13. The new money will enter into circulation and soon reach the hands of consumers. The new $5 note uses improved security features that have been used in the $50, $20, and $10 notes when the current round of redesign began (check out all the security features of the new Lincoln here).

I ran to my bank during the lunch break today, hoping to get my hands on the new bill, and was told they don’t have it yet But I did pick up 20 sparkling James Monroe presidential dollar coins, the first released in 2008