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The $5 bill is sometimes nicknamed a fin, although this usage is far less common today than it was in the early 20th century.

Five dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in red straps.

1 Pre-Federal Reserve history

• 1862: The first $5 note was printed with a portrait of Alexander Hamilton on the right of the face.
• 1869: A new $5 note was printed with a portrait of Andrew Jackson on the left of the face.
• 1886: A silver certificate $5 note with a portrait of Ulysses Grant on the right of the face.
• 1896: A really unusual silver certificate $5 note in that (unlike other series of U.S. currency where the opposite is true) the designs were on the front and the portraits were on the back! The portraits were Ulysses Grant on the left and Phillip Sheridan on the right.
• 1899Events January events January 1 End of Spanish rule in Cuba. January 1 Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City. January 3 The first known use of the word " automobile", in an editorial in the New York Times''. January 6 Lord Curzon becomes a vic: A new silver certificate $5 note with a portrait of Running Antelope on the face.

2 Federal Reserve history

• 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos: Began as a large-sized noteA large-sized note is a bill of any denomination of U. currency printed between 1863 and 1929. This is in contrast with small-sized notes, which were printed starting in 1928. Large-sized notes exist in denominations of $1 through $10000. The most common with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the face
• 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu: Switched to a small-sized note
• 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri: Design changed to curb counterfeitA counterfeit is an imitation that is made with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. The word counterfeit most frequently describes forged money or documents, but can also describe clothing, software, pharmaceuticals, or any other ming