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New Year, New Money
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The newly designed $5 dollar bill will be issued
in early 2008. | With the new year comes the new $5 bill, scheduled to roll out in early 2008, according to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
“Since 2003, the United States government has been issuing newly designed bank notes in an effort to stay ahead of currency counterfeiting and protect the economy and your hard-earned money,” says Ruth Seeley, a Bureau of Engraving and Printing spokeswoman. The $5 bills are just the latest in the string of new designs of bank notes (the new designs of the $10, $20 and $50 are already in circulation).
Although the new bills will stay the same size as the old ones, the redesigned money features two new security items: two watermarks and an embedded security thread.
Businesses can still accept the old $5 bill designs, however, assures the bureau on its Web site.
Refer to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s resource center, including education information and training on the new $5 bills at http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/currency/new5.
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