New color $5 bills come out today

   Abraham Lincoln is getting a little color in his cheeks. New $5 bills bearing the gaunt visage of the nation’s 16th president — but with some touches of color added — are making their way to banks and cash registers near you reports the Associated Press on Yahoo News.

The bill goes into circulation Thursday. That’s when the Federal Reserve, the supplier of the nation’s cash, starts shipping the bills to banks, which send them to businesses and eventually into the hands of people in this country and beyond.

Fittingly, the new bill will be spent for the first time on Thursday at the gift shop of President Lincoln’s Cottage located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in northwest Washington.

It’s the latest in a series of redesigned notes aimed at foiling phony-money makers, who over the years have grown increasingly sophisticated. You can find out more about the new features here: New $5 Bill

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