New fiver debuts with a huge purple '5'
Changes made to thwart counterfeiters.
This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Check
out the latest super-anti-counterfeit bill to hit the streets: It's
none other than the fiver, and it debuted last week with much fanfare
over its added security features and that humongous purple "5" on the
back.
Many
of the added security features -- more watermarks and a security strip
-- were already on higher-denomination bills, and I was surprised that
they would revamp the $5 bill with them, but what do I know.
I'm
a fan of the increased use of microprinting, where small,
difficult-to-reproduce text is repeated in numerous places. On the
front, "FIVE DOLLARS" is written inside the left and right borders. "E
PLURIBUS UNUM" -- "Out of many, 
one" in Latin -- is printed at the top of the shield in the Great Seal
of the United States. "USA" is printed between the columns of the
shield. Finally, on the back, "USA FIVE" is printed on the edge of the
purple "5."
One cool thing I didn't know was that the little yellow "05"s are arranged in a EURion constellation. Many color photocopiers will refuse to copy a document if it detects a EURion constellation pattern. Many currencies use the pattern.
I'm not a huge fan of the big purple 5, which is intended to help the visually impaired. What do you think? Ugly? Pretty?
Other articles of interest at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity:
"Your take: Professional tax preparation or a box?"
"Let tax software find tax deductions for you"
Published March 17, 2008
RELATED ARTICLES
DATA PROVIDERS
Copyright © 2013 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Quotes are real-time for NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX. See delay times for other exchanges.
Fundamental company data and historical chart data provided by Thomson Reuters (click for restrictions). Real-time quotes provided by BATS Exchange. Real-time index quotes and delayed quotes supplied by Interactive Data Real-Time Services. Fund summary, fund performance and dividend data provided by Morningstar Inc. Analyst recommendations provided by Zacks Investment Research. StockScouter data provided by Verus Analytics. IPO data provided by Hoover's Inc. Index membership data provided by SIX Financial Information.
Japanese stock price data provided by Nomura Research Institute Ltd.; quotes delayed 20 minutes. Canadian fund data provided by CANNEX Financial Exchanges Ltd.
ABOUT SMART SPENDING
Smart Spending brings you the best money-saving tips from MSN Money and the rest of the Web. Join the conversation on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Editor Bev O'Shea lives and works in the foothills of the Appalachians. A former copy editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Orlando Sentinel, she joined MSN Money in 2007. She's a fan of sunsets, college football and free shipping, among other things.
Having worked as a writer, reporter and editor for more than 25 years, Editor Julie Tilsner is the sort of person who can't help but correct grammar in Facebook postings and on billboards. She's written for BusinessWeek, the Los Angeles Times, Parenting, Redbook, AOL and others. She lives in Los Angeles County with her family and loves to drink wine and practice yoga, although not generally at the same time.
A writer for MSN Money since January 2007, Donna Freedman won regional and national prizes during an 18-year newspaper career and earned a college degree in midlife without taking out student loans. She also writes about smart money tactics for magazines and on her own site, Surviving and Thriving.
Mitch Lipka has been warning people about scams and shining light on questionable business practices for more than 20 years. Mitch, the consumer columnist for The Boston Globe, has also been a reporter and editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Consumer Reports, South Florida Sun-Sentinel and AOL. He won the 2010 New York Press Club award for best consumer reporting online and was honored in 2011 for his reporting on child product safety.
Marilyn Lewis is an award-winning writer with a passion for getting readers clear, straight information that helps them stay out of financial trouble. A former reporter for The San Jose Mercury News, she works from her home in Port Townsend, Wash. Contact her at MarilynLewis@Outlook.com.
LATEST BLOG POSTS
Children from lower income families are at greater risk of suffering accidental injuries and being sickened by food, according to a Consumer Federation of America study.
VIDEO ON MSN MONEY
TOOLS
Best rates on savingsFind the highest rates on savings accounts, CDs and money market accounts.
- Are you saving enough for retirement?
- Find a great credit card
- Car insurance premiums by model
