Various changes in our currency design has taken place in
the past few years. While many noticeable changes like the
increased size of the famous presidential portraits have
occurred, others have been employed that aren't quite as
evident. The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing have
recently stepped up in the fight against unlawful
counterfeitors.

Many alterations have began to occur in a offensive effort
to stop unlawful forgers from replicating our country's
precious currency. Well beyond the noticeable changes of
the our currency bills, advanced methods have now been
implemented.

Some of these advanced efforts include holograms,
watermarks and specially manufactured threads in the paper
money is printed on. Another subtle, but successful design
includes the use of microprinted images and verbage
throughout the bills. One of these phrases include the
words "Twenty USA" around the portrait of Andrew Jackson on
the U.S. twenty dollar bill. This aide in making it that
much more difficult for counterfeitors to produce an
accurate replica.

Beyond a doubt, the most significant change in American
currency is that of the colored twenty dollar bill. This
new bill introduced America to the first time colors beyond
green and black were used for printing money. We are now
presented with a bill containing hues of green, blue and
peach. The inks used were custom designed for the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing and are currently only used in the
printing of United States currency.

Some ink present on the money change colors. One particular
example is a numerical twenty printed in the lower right
corner of the bill which changes from green to copper as
the bill is tilted.  This features allows merchants to
quickly check the veracity of any bill presented by simply
holding the money up to the light and watching the color
change.  There are also special threads incorporated into
the paper that react when marked with a specific pen.  A
merchant can use a pen filled with special ink to mark the
bill.  If the mark disappears, then the money is
legitimate.  If the mark fails to disappear, then the bill
is a fake and should immediately be turned over to the
authorities.

Very soon all U.S. currency, except the one and two dollar
bill, will be printed in the colorful design scheme like
the new twenty dollar bill. These new and advanced
technologies in printing have served in the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing to produce a bill that has been
successful in combatting unlawful practices of past and
future counterfeitors.

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