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10-09-2003, 08:29 PM
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"This is a historic milestone on two fronts: for the first time in modern history, U.S. currency features background colors other than black and green, and, more importantly, this currency is the most secure U.S. currency ever, to protect against counterfeiting," said Tom Ferguson, director of the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Banks around the country received the bills Thursday and began distributing them to customers. In Miami, the first new $20 went into circulation at a Burger King -- for a whopper and a Diet Coke.
But federal officials said it will take days or even weeks for the bills to make their way to all communities in the United States and internationally.
The new designs will cocirculate with old-design $20 notes until the old ones become worn and are pulled from circulation.
The new $20 bills maintain the traditional U.S. currency appearance, are the same size, and use the same, but enhanced images of Andrew Jackson on the face of the note and the White House on the back. The redesign also features new symbols of freedom -- a blue eagle in the background, and a metallic green eagle and shield to the right of Jackson's portrait.
The most noticeable difference in the new $20 notes is the subtle green, peach and blue colors featured in the background
"This is a historic milestone on two fronts: for the first time in modern history, U.S. currency features background colors other than black and green, and, more importantly, this currency is the most secure U.S. currency ever, to protect against counterfeiting," said Tom Ferguson, director of the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Banks around the country received the bills Thursday and began distributing them to customers. In Miami, the first new $20 went into circulation at a Burger King -- for a whopper and a Diet Coke.
But federal officials said it will take days or even weeks for the bills to make their way to all communities in the United States and internationally.
The new designs will cocirculate with old-design $20 notes until the old ones become worn and are pulled from circulation.
The new $20 bills maintain the traditional U.S. currency appearance, are the same size, and use the same, but enhanced images of Andrew Jackson on the face of the note and the White House on the back. The redesign also features new symbols of freedom -- a blue eagle in the background, and a metallic green eagle and shield to the right of Jackson's portrait.
The most noticeable difference in the new $20 notes is the subtle green, peach and blue colors featured in the background