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Golden Acorn’s Classic Car
Show III On October 18
Show off your classic car for a chance at $3000 in cash prizes! Register your 1972 or prior classic pick-up, hot
rod, lowrider, or even special interest vehicle, and you could win one of many
cash prizes! Participants will receive a free T-shirt, food ticket and fun book with their registration. Registration is from 9 a.m. to noon, and the car show begins at 1 p.m. The fee is $20. For more information, call 619-938-6018.
New Penny Slots at IFantasy Springs Casino
t’s raining penny slots at Fantasy Springs Casino near Palm Springs. Fantasy Springs is now offering penny slots, including a “Beverly Hillbillies” progressive, a two-cent
“Pac-Man Frenzy” and two-cent “American Bandstand.” Coming soon to Fantasy Springs will be a one-cent “Beetle Bailey” slot. For more information, call Fantasy Springs Casino at (800) 827-2946.
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LAook for the New $20 Bill
newly designed $20 bill will be released by the United States government on October 9, 2003. The most noticeable difference in the new design is the subtle introduction of
background color, which makes it more dif cult for potential counterfeiters because it adds complexity to the note. Other anti-counterfeiting systems on the bill include a new security thread that runs up one side of the bill that has the words “usa twenty” and a small ag that are visible on both sides of the note. The thread also glows green when placed under an ultraviolet light. Other features of the new bill are color shifting ink on the number “20” that changes from green to copper when tilted up to light, a watermark similar to the portrait of Andrew Jackson on the center of the bill, and additional design features such
as microprinting in select spots, federal reserve indicators, the deletion of oval borders on the back and front of the bill and a “symbol of freedom,” which in the case of the $20 will be the American Eagle.
The background color will make it easier to distinguish between denominations because different background colors will eventually be used for each denomination. The new $20 note preserves the distinct size, look and feel of the traditional American
“greenback” — the world’s most familiar and circulated currency. In 2004 a new $50 note will be issued and in 2005, a new $100 note. Decisions on new designs for the $5 and $10 notes are still under consideration, but a redesign of the $2 and $1 notes is not planned.
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