FORUM/TEITELMAN/10-19/dt1st/mark2nd

In an effort to foil counterfeiters, the government recently released a redesigned $20 bill. Changes include color-shifting ink on the lower right corner in the front, a larger portrait of Andrew Jackson with harder-to-copy details and a lot of white space. So the Business Journal asks:

Have you come across the new $20 bill yet, and what do you think of the design?

Marcia Babalas

Principal

Melendrez Babalas Associates

Why is Jackson’s picture centered to the left, that’s my question. Does it say anything about the state of affairs?

Lee Ireland(pic nmakers10-12)

Vice President of Marketing

Auto-Graphics Inc.

Yes, I have come across it, and it’s not too stylish, is it? I find that other countries’ money is easier to use, many times because it’s color-coded. Also, many of the denominations have artwork on them that’s more pleasing than what’s on our new twenty. If the government is concerned with counterfeiting, there are other countries that have holograms on the money, another more attractive alternative.

Jeff Hall

Vice President of Market Research

Paramount Pictures

Yes, and I think it looks like monopoly money. But it spends easy.

Steven E. Young

Of Counsel

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon LLP

Yes, I have. I think, like all the new series of currency, it looks like monopoly money. However, I understand the need to change the patterns through the use of holographics and otherwise, to cut down on counterfeiting. I applaud the Treasury Department for implementing the plan to change the bills. In time, we will all get used to it.

James P. Walsh

McKenna & Cuneo, LLP

I have. It’s a refreshing change, although I have nothing against the old picture of ole’ Andy Jackson. It does look a bit like monopoly money, but then all new money tends to look that way. I’m told it’s supposed to prevent counterfeiting, and that’s certainly good.

Bill Bagnall(pic nmakers10-12)

Director of Client Services

Aubrey & Associates

I went to a Wells Fargo and got one of the new bills out of the Versateller machine, and the lady at the deli near my office wasn’t going to take it. I told her that if I was going to make my own money, I’d have gone for a higher bill. It’s the back of the bill that was the problem. It looks so unusual because of the different fonts they use. Eventually she took the bill, so I guess I don’t look too much like a counterfeiter.

Robert E. Edmison

Vice President of Information Services

Store of Knowledge Inc.

Yes, I have seen them. I think Jackson looks kind of evil in the watermark, really scary, actually.