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 — a high-tech unveiling that officials say is entirely appropriate for a 21st century redesign of the bill featuring the Civil War president, Abraham Lincoln.
I’m sure it makes sense from an artistic standpoint, built I think someone overlooked the significance of the word “gray” on the bill honoring the president who lead the “blue” during the Civil War. It could be worse. They sould have slapped the Stars and Bars of the reverse side.
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