On the day the redesigned, colorized Series 2006 $5 Federal Reserve Note is released to circulation, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing plans to offer uncut sheets of the new $5 notes via Internet and mail-order sales.

Planned are 32-, 16-, 8-, or 4-subject sheets. These $5s carry the facsimile signatures of Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr. and U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral.

Before we get to that March 13 release, though, there are some other BEP products scheduled to go on sale.

March 7 is the on-sale date for the San Francisco district 2008 $2 Single Note, the second installment of the Series 2004 $20 Single Note Collection featuring San Francisco, Dallas, Minneapolis and Kansas City $20s, and the National Money Show Intaglio Print Card.

Keep up with BEP collector products at the Coming Soon portion of The BEP Store.


UPDATE 3/5/08: Thanks for the comment from reader Kacky Snorgle. I maintain that dating two different note types the same date will be confusing for collectors into the future. The comment prompts me to wonder whether the pre-colorized Series 2006 $5 sheets, which are available from the BEP now, will be scarcer in time than the colorized versions.