United States five-dollar bill $5 bill in circulation is 5.5 years before it is replaced due to wear. Approximately 6% of all paper currency produced by the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 2009 were $5 bills. The redesigned $5 bill was unveiled on September 20, 2007, and was issued on March 13, 2008 during a ceremony at President Lincoln's Cottage. New and enhanced security features make it easier to check the new $5 bill and more difficult for potential counterfeiters to reproduce. The redesigned $5 bill has: The five dollar bill lacks the Optically variable ink of higher denomination US bills.
Bill Bishop (author) contributing editor of the "Daily Yonder". The couple previously owned a newspaper: the "Bastrop County Times". They currently live in Austin, Texas. Bill Bishop (author) Bill Bishop is an American author, journalist and social commentator. He co-wrote a book with retired college professor Robert Cushing entitled "The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart". His ideas have influenced the speeches of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. He is the co-founder and contributing editor of the "Daily Yonder", a blog about rural issues in the United States. Bishop has worked for several newspapers: the "Austin American-Statesman",