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June 17, 2006

The Color of Money, Two Dollar Bills and Other Money Facts

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Web site offers some edifying information of they subject of money. Not how to increase your wealth, but the creation, and collect ability, and the periodic changes in the appearance of dollar bills. (The US Mint is responsible for coins.) “Greenback” has long been the nickname for the dollar bill, but the new anti counterfeiting designs have increased the color palate. Steve Wozniak, one of Apple Computers’ founders, is infamous for his habit of paying for purchases with two-dollar bills. He cuts the bills from a sheet. He buys them directly from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Posted by hinsdalereference at June 17, 2006 1:29 PM