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Bureau of Engraving & Printing Red Envelope
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Lot # 057
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This listing features a beautifully designed red descriptive envelope created for the “Lucky Money Note” celebrating the Year of the Dog (2003) symbolizes loyalty, protection, honesty, and unwavering companionship. Inside is an uncirculated $1 Federal Reserve Note with the auspicious serial number B88885217C. The repeated “8” is considered extremely lucky in Chinese culture, symbolizing prosperity, success, and good fortune.
About Lucky Money
“Lucky Money” notes are official collectibles produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and released each year to honor the Lunar New Year. These notes have become cherished keepsakes—both as cultural gifts and as symbolic, meaningful additions to any currency collection.
Symbolism
- Red symbolizes joy, celebration, vitality, and good luck.
- Gold represents abundance, wealth, and flourishing fortune.
- The Dog, the 11th animal in the Chinese zodiac, symbolizes loyalty, protection, honesty, and unwavering companionship. Those born in the Year of the Dog are traditionally seen as dependable, caring, and courageous—traits believed to usher in stability and good blessings for the year.
Red envelopes such as this one are traditionally given during Lunar New Year celebrations as a gesture of goodwill, wishing recipients health, happiness, protection, and prosperity in the year ahead.
Translation on Envelope
“Lucky Money and the faithful Dog brings harmony to the home, welcomes the New Year with joy, and delivers blessings of peace and prosperity.”
A meaningful, symbolic, and culturally rich collectible—perfect for gifting or enhancing your Lunar New Year or currency collection.
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