Multicolored money? It's peachy! Redesigned $20 bills are just going into circulation, boasting high-tech color-shifting intaglio inks.(Ink) From: Graphic Arts Monthly | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: Lustig, Theodore | COPYRIGHT 2003 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Go almost anywhere in the world and you're likely to find paper currency not only different in denominational sizes, but also in a variety of multicolored designs. Not so in the United States, where, for at least the last three-quarters of a century, all notes have been the same size and basic design, differing only in the portrait, picture on the reverse side, and denominational designation.

As to the color of inks employed, up until now, except for a seal to the right ...