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NEWS RELEASE •••••• ••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • ■ • • • • • • • • • • The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis St. Louis Little Rock Louisville Memphis MEDIA ADVISORY Contacts: Charles B. Henderson, (314) 444-8311 Joe Elstner, (314) 444-8902 For release: Nov. 15, 1999 WHAT: Redesigned $10 and $5 Bills to be Unveiled WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 16 9 a.m. CST WHERE: Treasury Department Washington, D.C. WHO: Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow and Secret Service Director Brian L. Stafford. WHY: Scheduled to be issued sometime in the middle of 2000, the new $10 and $5 bills include new and modified security features to deter counterfeiters. Because these two bills are widely used in many types of vending and other machines that dispense currency, additional emphasis will be placed on working with manufacturers and distributors of these devices to ensure a smooth transition when the new bills are issued. In addition, special seminars will be conducted for cash handlers to learn how they can discourage counterfeiting by closely examining all the bills they handle. NOTE: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis will have a sample of each bill. In addition, a video news release containing sound bites of the participants in the ceremony, along with B-roll footage of the production of the new $10 and $5 bills, will be available to TV stations via satellite transmission on Tuesday, November 16, and again on Wednesday, November 17: Tuesday, November 16 Wednesday, November 17 Two back-to-back 10-minute feeds Two back-to-back 10-minute feeds 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CST 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. CST Telstar C6 Galaxy C6 Transponder 8 Transponder 19 C-Band C-Band All standard audio All standard audio Origination: Slingshot Networks (Washington, D.C.) Origination: DG Systems (New York) Technical assistance: (800) 232-0894 Technical Assistance: (800) 843-0677 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ###
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