Word before the year on U.S. paper currency (6)

I believe the answer is:

series

(Other definitions for series that I've seen before include "Set of linked things" , "Sequential set" , "Sets of programmes, stories etc" , "Number of similar things arranged in order" , "Progression of things" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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