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New $20 bills

The US’s new twenty-dollar bills should start hitting banks today, soon to start circulating around to everyone else.

The most noticeable difference in the new design is the subtle introduction of background color, which makes it more burdensome for potential counterfeiters because it adds complexity to the note. The color will also make it easier to distinguish between denominations because different background colors will be used for each denomination.

Posted in Links. See also: TPBETA 1505 | Traffic | Deficit Attention Disorder | Old Money | Some slight design tweaks .

By Michael Hanscom
October 9, 2003

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  1. lane said
    on October 10, 2003

    personally i am very happy about this. now i won’t have to listen to any more jokes about Canadian money looking like Monopoly money.

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