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Bank tellers and casino/gaming personnel encounter more U.S. currency than most professions.To equip these industries with the tools to confidently understand the difference between genuine and counterfeit…

The Federal Reserve Board’s U.S. Currency Education Program (CEP) – a program responsible for ensuring global users of U.S. currency have access to education, training and information about Federal Reserve notes – would like to invite you to its upcoming…

As we kick off Women’s History Month, the U.S. Currency Education Program is highlighting women who have played a critical role in the history of U.S. currency. For the first time in history, two women’s signatures appear on Federal Reserve notes. U.S.…

Bank tellers, cashiers, casino/gaming personnel, and law enforcement officers play a critical role in blocking counterfeit currency from entering circulation. Thus, the U.S. Currency Education Program (CEP…

  The U.S. Currency Education Program’s Cash Assist app is now available for download in the Apple App Store. Like the Android version, the iOS version of Cash Assist is a training tool for…

The U.S. Currency Education Program’s Cashier Toolkit is now available on uscurrency.gov! The Cashier Toolkit is a comprehensive training guide for cashiers who need to know how to authenticate Federal Reserve notes. It was created to help cashiers…

The U.S. Currency Education Program recently launched Cash Codebreakers, a free online game that sharpens middle schoolers’ algebra skills while teaching them about U.S. currency security features! In this interactive escape room, students must solve…

The U.S. Currency Education Program’s Teller Toolkit is now available on uscurrency.gov! The Teller Toolkit is a comprehensive training guide for bank tellers who need to know how to authenticate Federal Reserve notes. It was created to help tellers…

The U.S. Currency Education Program released new resources on uscurrency.gov! All of our materials can be accessed free of charge and are available in English and Spanish. If you’re in need of high-resolution images, our newly launched Multimedia Library is…

Carnival Thrills and Dollar Bills is a fully illustrated book produced by the U.S. Currency Education Program that introduces 1st through 3rd grade students to the unique features of Federal Reserve…

The United States Secret Service recently launched Operation “Quick Glance” to inform U.S. retailers and consumers how to identify easy-to-detect counterfeit currency. Operation “Quick Glance” focuses on “Motion Picture,” foreign writing, and “replica” notes…

Launched on September 10, www.uscurrency.gov provides educational content and tools to allow users to explore all designs and denominations of Federal Reserve notes. It replaces www.newmoney.gov and features new resources, including a training module for cash…

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday began supplying financial institutions with a redesigned $100 note that incorporates new security features to deter counterfeiters and help businesses and consumers tell whether a note is genuine. Distance, demand, and the…

The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that the redesigned $100 note will begin circulating on October 8, 2013. This note, which incorporates new security features such as a blue, 3-D security ribbon, will be easier for the public to authenticate…

On October 1, the Federal Reserve Board announced a delay in the issue date of the redesigned $100 note. This new design incorporates cutting edge, anti-counterfeiting technologies and the Federal Reserve imposes strict quality controls to ensure that users…

Using a new Web video, the U.S. government is explaining to consumers and businesses how new banknotes are developed. The video, “The Art of Banknote Design,” is being released today, and is the third in a series of educational videos created to increase…

The U.S. government is helping businesses and consumers protect themselves against counterfeit currency with a new Web video – “How to Detect a Counterfeit” – released today on www.newmoney.gov. The downloadable video is the second in a series of…

Today, the U.S. government released the first in a series of educational videos, amplifying public education efforts for the new $100 note, which will begin circulating on February 10, 2011. The public education program kicked off in April with the unveiling…

Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the United States Secret Service today unveiled the new design for the $100 note. Complete with advanced technology to combat counterfeiting, the new…

The new design for the $100 note will make its debut on Wednesday, April 21 during a ceremony at the Department of the Treasury's Cash Room. The U.S. government redesigns currency in order to stay ahead of counterfeiters and protect the public. Decisions…

The first redesigned $5 bill, which will continue to feature the portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, will enter circulation on March 13 and will be spent at the gift shop of President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C. The venue,…

The newly designed $5 bill will enter circulation on March 13, 2008, the Federal Reserve Board and U.S. Treasury announced today. This alerts businesses that manufacture and use vending and self-checkout machines that they have 90 days to adapt their machines…

Newly redesigned $50 notes arrive at banks beginning today ready to make their way into circulation and consumer wallets. Today marks the day the Federal Reserve System distributes the new note to banks and thus into the public’s hands. To mark the occasion…

The Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Federal Reserve and the U. S. Secret Service introduced cash-handlers today to the enhanced security features of the newly redesigned $50 note being issued this fall. The educational session, hosted by the…

The newly redesigned Series 2004 $50 notes, featuring subtle background colors of blue and red, images of a waving American flag and a small metallic silver-blue star, will be issued beginning on September 28, the U.S. government announced today. On the day…

U.S. government officials from the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the United States Secret Service, today unveiled the new $50 note design with enhanced security features, and subtle background colors of blue and red, and images of a…

The most secure currency in U.S. history was introduced into the economy today, as a newly redesigned, colorful $20 bill was issued by the Federal Reserve System. In dozens of communities from coast to coast, U.S. government officials and local business,…

 The first newly redesigned Series 2004 $20 notes, featuring background colors and improved security features, will be issued October 9, the U.S. government announced today. On the day of issue, the Federal Reserve System will begin distributing the new…

U.S. government officials and local leaders today watched the 100 millionth newly redesigned $20 note roll off the press at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Western Currency Facility. They also got a sneak preview of a new Visitor Center -- expected to…

 Officials from the Federal Reserve System, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Secret Service kicked-off a series of education seminars today for employees of the gaming and banking industries. These tutorials, the first of which was…

U.S. government officials today unveiled a new $20 note design with enhanced security features and subtle background colors. The new design is part of an ongoing effort to stay ahead of the counterfeiting of U.S. currency. “U.S. currency is a worldwide…