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Colorful new $20 bill to be unveiled today
Associated Press ^
| May 13, 2003
| Associated Press Staff
Posted on 05/13/2003 8:45:29 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
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To: MeeknMing
To: MeeknMing
Any photos of the new 20...suitable for printing, of course? (hehe)
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posted on
05/13/2003 8:52:35 AM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well....there you go again.")
To: MeeknMing
Doesn't matter what color it is to me as long as I can spend it. :)
To: MeeknMing
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:33:44 AM PDT
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: My2Cents
I found these on the breaking thread . . .
Front:
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:37:44 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: MeeknMing
In addition, bureau officials have said the public can expect different looks in the images of Jackson... Jackson will now appear with spiked, streaked hair, a nose ring, another ring over his left eyebrow and a tattoo on his neck. He will also be made to appear more effeminate.
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posted on
05/13/2003 9:41:27 AM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(Destroy the Elitist Democrat Guard and the Fedayeen Clinton using the smart bombs of truth!)
To: Redcloak
Thank you for the link !
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posted on
05/13/2003 10:00:56 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: Tall_Texan
LOL !
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posted on
05/13/2003 10:01:27 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: MeeknMing
When the new $20 is issued, the old bills will remain in circulation and will be used until they wear out.
This is something that I have never understood.
If you were a counterfeiter, wouldn't you just continue to make the old style bills. You might need to (eventually) put them through an aging process, but since they aren't being recalled, how can this stop the fakes?
I am skeptical that the true purpose of these changes is to stop counterfeiting.
To: MeeknMing
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:03:37 AM PDT
by
Consort
To: BlueMondaySkipper
It probably has something to do with costs, I don't know. Paper currency has a limited useful life (less than one year I believe). In a relatively short period of time, all the old money will become tattered and taken out of circulation by natural attrition. "NEW" looking OLD style bills will be very suspect upon receipt then. The new currency will soon become the predominate one circulated.
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:18:12 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
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To: Consort
LOL !
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:19:38 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: BlueMondaySkipper
I am skeptical that the true purpose of these changes is to stop counterfeiting. What might it be, then ???
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:20:42 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: MeeknMing
It's not as bad as it might be, but its ugly compared to the original $20 bill. The fretwork around the edges is greatly simplified; Jackson's head is off center; the numbers in the corners are all different, assymetrical sizes. The eagle prominently grasps his olive branch but the arrows are obscured, in this picture at least. Of course some of this already took place on the earlier modification of this bill.
I suppose we should be grateful that they left the flag on top of the White House and didn't remove "In God We Trust."
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posted on
05/13/2003 11:21:14 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: MeeknMing
I say RESIST!!! We don't want to look like European countries whose money looks like it belongs in a board game.....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
!!
To: Cicero
And I wasn't aware that Andrew Jackson had physical deformities. It looks like his head is sitting on a potato sack!
And the "Jackson" banner looks like it was cut and pasted from the old $20s.
To: Consort
That joker should be on a Three!
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posted on
05/13/2003 1:38:21 PM PDT
by
Brian Allen
( Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God - Thomas Jefferson)
To: MeeknMing
Actually, I hear that our paper currency is designed to last up to 7 years of normal use. Otherwise, there would be a lot more printing going on and a much greater demand for currency.
To: MeeknMing
Watched "Escape from L.A." last night... to quote Snake Plisskin:
"Not greenbacks... bluebacks!"
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