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Posted by: STONERS 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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The U.S. government introduced a new $5 bill on Thursday that includes purple ink, several watermarks and other security features to deter counterfeiters.

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STONERS11 months, 2 weeks ago

The new bill, which will go into circulation in 2008, will include two watermarks -- a large numeral "5" to the right of the portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, and a column of smaller "5"s to Lincoln's left.
An embedded security thread, bearing the letters "USA" and the numeral "5" in an alternating pattern, runs vertically to the right of the portrait.
The new features should thwart a favorite technique of counterfeiters -- bleaching the ink out of existing $5 bills and printing them to look like $100 bills, U.S. officials said in an online press conference.

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  jordan1111 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Oh, I see. They're changing the $5.00 denomination.
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BronxBomber11 months, 2 weeks ago

This oughta be good, and if successful they start distributing it to other denominations but don't count on any bills being 100% fool-proof. In time, these counterfeiters will dream up new ways to stultify, and stymie the goverment in the new age of technology that we are living in unfortunately.
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  STONERS11 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Sad to say but I agree BB, they are always one step ahead.
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PsychoHosebeast11 months, 2 weeks ago

Who the hell counterfeits $5 bills?
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  jordan1111 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  lol, it does seem a lot of work for little pay back.
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  STONERS11 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Bleaching the ink out of existing $5 bills and printing them to look like $100 bills is why they are doing it...
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