$50 Bill Gets Colorful, Hi-Tech Makeover

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WASHINGTON (AP) -The $50 bill is getting splashes of red, white and blue, the second of the nation's paper currencies to sport new hues beyond the traditional black-ink fronts and green-ink backs.

The makeover, being unveiled Monday, is part of an effort to make U.S. bills harder to counterfeit.

The extra color is subtle, similar to the look of the new $20 bill, which went into circulation last fall with a color treatment featuring touches of peach, blue and yellow.

``The new design is more secure than ever before. We believe it will be extremely effective in discouraging counterfeiters,'' said Treasury Secretary John Snow. ``It's also a lovely piece of currency, maintaining the historic look and feel of a greenback while incorporating the elements of other colors that are very important to us in this country: red, white and blue.''
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[Drifter]

1. Georgers are rather excited about this ...

as am I.

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/

Cheers
Drifter

[benburch]

2. Rumor I heard

The Russian Mafia was already making perfect clones of the last revision of the $50.

[Ediacara]

3. images

[Ediacara]

5. even more

[seemslikeadream]

4. The money I found only had red on it