Check out this thread about the dollar bill font.

How old is your sample?

- Lex

^^thanks for the info lexluthor
i just looked at the dollar bill font and it helpeda bit but the first two fonts, woodcut and barrelhouse didnt work.

the sample is pretty old i guess, the book came out in 1974 and i think that image is from the first press run. i have a copy of the book with that in much bigger...anyways if thats what youre referring tpo (im a n00bie) it's pretty old. i know it's designed to look exactly like money though
thanks again
sami

If the sample is that old, chances are it's been hand-drawn.

- Lex

that's what i figured, although there's got to be at least a real similar font around now because it's the money font

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/dtptypes/engravers-dt/
This font is similar to your sample, if you are handy with Illustrator you could alter it to work. However, your sample is not the same as that used on a dollar bill the leg of the R is radically different.
Tim