New five doller bill?

Question

ok i just got done mowing my neighbors lawn and i just got a new doller bill and my dad said it might be worth more than 5 dollers...

It said it had a misprint of the date, it said 2006 and it supposed to be 2008. on the lincoln memorial side on the bottom right side it has a big purple five.

I was wondering if it was worth more money then 5 dollers. my friend told me it was worth 75 bucks.

Answer 1

Nope just a regular $5. Hey Ryan lol

Answer 2

Sell it to your friend, quick!   Actually, this is a common misconception.  There is a post on Snopes.com explaining the confusion:

The date is not a misprint - the year is the serial year that the bill was approved, it is not supposed to represent the printing date as you may assume. The new five dollar bills were approved in 2006, although not released until 2008.

See the whole story (the same rumor exists about all the new designed bills) at the snopes website.  Note - snopes is an excellent 'hoax busting" site, and a fun read.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/new...

Answer 3

Sell it to your friend if he is so sure. No it is only worth 5 snags.