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    Bye-bye Greenbacks?

    The U.S. Treasury is going to start adding color to the $20 USD bill this fall. Color variation in other bills wil shortly follow, except the $1 and $2 bills which will remain the same.

    404 Page Not Found - CNNMoney
    http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/12/news/economy/twenty/index.htm


    I would think this is preparation to drop the greenback all together. I feel all European now with multicolored money.

    Jammrock
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    Ah its just way to make counterfitting harder. Doesn't Australia or someone have plastic money?
    Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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    • #3
      It'll take the pro counterfeiters about 6 months......

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      • #4
        If that. From what I hear it's just a dye change for now.

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          2s? I thought the US did away with the 2 dollar bill a while back???
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          • #6
            HAH no. The $2 is still in production. As are dollar coins.

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            • #7
              Had they stopped making the 2 for a while and then started again? Has there always been 2s?
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              • #8
                Ah its just way to make counterfitting harder. Doesn't Australia or someone have plastic money?
                yeah they have plastic money with a hologram on it, supposidly the hardest currency in the world to counterfit...

                spooky, I'll wake up in the middle of the night dreaming of pink andrew jacksons dancing about...I'd rather stay with the good ol' green back myself...

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                • #9
                  NZ has poly money.
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                  • #10
                    Australia's is plastic-like too, and has a transparent window.

                    Edit: Just noticed Sethos' post...
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                    • #11
                      i bet non of you ever saw a 100K LL paper bill... its ugly... its big and its not even worth $100.... just add another 50K LL and you do get a $100.... ..... money sux... to hell with it....
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                      • #12
                        We had a pro counterfeiter here who DREW money - and Deutsche Mark bills were some of the safest! That guy did it more for fun than for profit though, but he was quite successful, because the bills were almost indistinguishable from the real ones.

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                        • #13
                          Easy solution to the counterfeiting problem... load the paper with radioactive dyes, different isotopes for different values of currency!.

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                          • #14
                            Hey, that'll fix the aging society problem too!

                            AZ
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                            • #15
                              And it'll start a new market of lead lined wallets!

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