FYI: New Peach-Colored $20 Bills to Make Debut Oct. 9

Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter John D. McKinnon ^

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WASHINGTON -- The new peach-hued U.S. $20 bill will be introduced at U.S. banks and businesses Oct. 9, officials plan to announce today, Tuesday's Wall Street Journal reported.

The Federal Reserve (news - web sites) and Treasury will flood the U.S. and overseas outlets with up to 900 million of the new notes next month, issuing only the new $20 through the end of October and withholding previously circulated $20s until November.

The idea is to get consumers, businesses and money handlers accustomed to the pretty new note. Officials say adaptation of machinery, training of retail employees and other preparations have been under way for months, though, and there shouldn't be any notable problems.

The bill's front features the familiar Andrew Jackson portrait, with a new peach background and without its old oval border. The bill also sports a new blue eagle and a green tint near the right and left edges. The back of the bill features a similar multihued scheme.

Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter John D. McKinnon contributed to this report.

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For Your Information.

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Here's some pics...

What do you think sirs? :)

[Aracelis]

Not as bad as I feared, but danged if this bill don't look like something British!

[Paleo Conservative]

What do you think sirs? :)

Peachy.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Barf! Peach colored?

[Rudder]

How did John Kery get his picture on the $20?

[Ruth A.]

I'm not a sir, but it makes me think of savings bonds.

[kingu]

The little yellow twenties on the back.. It makes me wonder if there wasn't some little kid at the Treasury that day who was playing with their art supplies. Otherwise, it isn't anywhere near as bad as I expected.

[Paleo Conservative]

The reason US paper currency has been green since the Civil War is that photographic emulsions in the 1860s were insensitive to green light. This made photographic counterfeit methods unusable till a couple of decades later. It probably is time to use more sophisticated anti-counterfeit measures.

[Paleo Conservative]

The reason US paper currency has been green since the Civil War is that photographic emulsions in the 1860s were insensitive to green light. This made photographic counterfeit methods unusable till a couple of decades later. It probably is time to use more sophisticated anti-counterfeit measures.

[alnitak]

Come on! That's Clint Eastwood!

[StoneColdTaxHater]

of course the real reason for the new money is that the anti counterfeit strip in the bill is actually there to allow the gov't to monitor how much money you have on hand. Geez, havent the back helos taught us anything? LOL

[CanadianLibertarian]

well its not really peach, more like a peach-hued green.

[Fledermaus]

Looks like Queer Eye for the Treasury Guy!

Who is this supposed to fool? The majority of uncivilized people around the planet wouldn't know a fake $20 for a real one.

[The Duke]

Hey, I never before realized that good ol' Andy was so much in touch with his feminine side!

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[hellinahandcart]

but it makes me think of savings bonds.

It makes me think of Monopoly.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

How is it safer and more secure? Is it backed up by something other than hot air?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Are we witnessing the demise of the "green backs"?

[mtbopfuyn]

It's wimpy. What's with the cartoonish waving 'twenty usa'? And the odd ball gold 20? And the back really does look as if a toddler got happy with a yellow marker on the back. Yuk, it does look like Kerry! And peach is hardly synonymous with a 'strong' dollar.