Today, the new $20 bill goes into circulation. It is not the typical green we've all grown up with. It has several different, relatively subtle colors, some foil hot stamping as well as some very sophisticated anti-counterfeiting devices. It's a change - huge according to some.
I like them.
My wife is Canadian and I've grown used to the different colors of Canadian currency and their $1 and $2 coins (Looney and Tooney). The very different colors of their bills means that you'll never give a cashier a $20 when you meant to hand over a $1 - we've all done it, then you look at the cashier like they have three heads when they start handing back all that change (or not).
Anyway, for now, the US twenty is the only "greenback" that'll be sporting new colors. Other bills are supposed to follow soon and I hope that the Treasury follows the Canadian model of giving each denominatin a different hue.
Any one out there who doesn't like the new bills can just send them to me. Thanks.
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