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Minting new style for the greenback.

Publication: Business Insurance
Publication Date: 15-JUL-02 		Format: Online - approximately 754 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Minting new style for the greenback.(paper currency to get color to prevent counterfeiting)(Brief Article)(Column)

Article Excerpt
We Americans like to think of ourselves as a people open to free thinking and innovation, with a ``Go West'' spirit of reinvention, but we can be pretty resistant to change some times-some of us more than others.

I'm thinking now of a recently announced plan to add color to U.S. currency. The goal is to thwart counterfeiting, made easier these days by advanced computer technologies. It seems like a pretty straightforward, reasonable idea. There's bound to be opposition.

In explaining its plan late last month, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing indicated no intention to put a beret on Ben Franklin or replace George Washington with Rich Uncle Pennybags of...

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