Dollar bills have been printed in sheets of 32 bills for quite a while now, and each position on the sheet is given a letter-number combination. Each letter/number combination is listed in the table below, in the appropriate location.
The serial numbers on a specific sheet have a skip in the numbers. [The amount of the skip indicates the number of sheets in the press run. that that sheet was a part of] This is done so when the bills are cut and stacked, each stack has sequential numbers. 200,000-sheet press runs have been used on $1s,$2s,$5s,$10s and $20s since series 1988A, and 200,000-sheet press runs are what the following numbers refer to.
On the first sheet, the bill in position A1 will be numbered #1, the bill in B1 will be numbered #200,001- and so on and so forth. For the next sheet the numbers will be #2, 200,002, etc... For a second press run, the bill in A1 on the first sheet will be #06400001, the bill in B1 would be 06600001, etc.
A1 | E1 | A2 | E2 |
B1 | F1 | B2 | F2 |
C1 | G1 | C2 | G2 |
D1 | H1 | D2 | H2 |
A3 | E3 | A4 | E4 |
B3 | F3 | B4 | F4 |
C3 | G3 | C4 | G4 |
A1 | H3 | D4 | H4 |