The Vox Box

Thu., Sept. 20, 2007

The new $5 has splashes of color… pretty colors…

(AP) WASHINGTON - Honest Abe will become Colorful Abe with splashes of purple and gray livening up the $5 bill.
The government showed off the new bill Thursday in an Internet news conference highlighting changes made in the ongoing battle to stay a step ahead of counterfeiters.
“We wanted this redesigned bill to scream, 'I am a five. I am a five,'" Larry Felix, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

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According to the U.S. Secret Service, we lost $62 million last year due to counterfeit bills.

The next makeover will be for the $100 bill.

What do you think? Pretty?

Posted Sept. 20, 2007, 1:18 p.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.