Pretty In Purple

Filed under: Politik

The $5 bill just got a makeover!

The US Treasury gave Abe a little pick-me-up by adding some purple to the bill. To the naked eye, the most notable difference is color — splashes of light purple at the center of the bill that blend into gray near the edges. The new note also will feature an enlarged "5" printed in high-contrast purple ink in the lower right corner of the back of the bill.

The bill goes into circulation today.

Lincoln, the nation's 16th president, is still on the front and the Lincoln Memorial remains on the back.

Don't worry…you'll still be able to use the non-purpleified $5 bills (as long as they aren't counterfeit!).

Posted: Mar 13, 2008 at 2:47 pm / Email this »

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Kirsten says – reply to this

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first
alysha says – reply to this

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first
lana says – reply to this

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second?
Maggles says – reply to this

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Haha, it looks bedazzled.
Happy Canuck says – reply to this

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Finally! Sooo tired of Americans claiming that Canadian dollars are "funny money"!
Purple does the body good!
Cecily says – reply to this

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I`ll bet some idiot will claim this is gaying up America LOL!
FANNY says – reply to this

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At least there arent any disgusting N.I.G.G.E.R.S on it, now that would be filthy and against our good country!!!

OUT WITH N.I.G.G.E.R.S BROWN LIKE POO
kate says – reply to this

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nice…and first!!
Emma says – reply to this

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ahhh they so copied us canadians, we were the first to have colour in our bills

DONT FORGET ITTTT PEOPLE
Jen K says – reply to this

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Who would try to counterfeit a $5 bill?? It's not worth the time or effort.
buzkill says – reply to this

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cooool!
CALLGIRL says – reply to this

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YOUR MOM HAD SEX FOR A $5 BILL!
heyeye says – reply to this

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first
lala* says – reply to this

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C.R.E.A.M!!!
DOLLA DOLLA BiLL, y'all!
karen d. says – reply to this

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first!
Cary says – reply to this

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Love purple
canadian says – reply to this

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ahah coloured money
way to copy canada! lol
paula says – reply to this

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i love it… doesn't make me want to spend it though cause its so colorful!
yah says – reply to this

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awesome
chris v says – reply to this

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looking more and more like the pound
ursaminorjim says – reply to this

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How appropriate! A touch of lavender for our most famous sexually ambiguous president!
Jason says – reply to this

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dumb
Christina says – reply to this

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prett
adrianne~ says – reply to this

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purple is hot!!
christina says – reply to this

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i mean PRETTY
Fuchsia says – reply to this

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That looks ridiculous. Who was the idiot that had this brainstorm?
Asparagus says – reply to this

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Now it looks like Canadian money!
Lillia says – reply to this

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7th!
B says – reply to this

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So they finally picked up on smart Canadian money ideas
paula says – reply to this

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Re: FANNY –
you are an ignorant fool!
JT says – reply to this

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second!
Chip says – reply to this

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That Looks SO GAY! It looks like Perez Money! lol PEREZ HAS HIS OWN MONEY LINE! I LUV IT!
tiredofblackracistcows says – reply to this

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Re: FANNY – hell ya! get rid of these brown poop stained people! white is tight! fuck ya! black people won't let the race thing go so i might as well not let it go either! We gave u a chance to equalize with us but u won't drop the race card so fuck you! U had yer chance! Now u cry the blues and have deemed YOURSELVES second class by not shutting up about race! If you wouldn't bring it up so much still then it wouldn't still be an issue but since you won't drop it then by all means! fuck you! to the back of the bus!
WHO CARES says – reply to this

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Re: Kirsten – NO ONE CARES IF YOU ARE FIRST!!! WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP DOING THIS?!?!!?!?
muslimwhores says – reply to this

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muslims suck and stink
sir samuel says – reply to this

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i smell the democrats backing this
jan says – reply to this

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wow that's aweosme!!..nextdaywatches.com
amanda says – reply to this

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J.P. says – reply to this

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I guess we can now say "This is as gay as a five dollar bill." instead of "This is as gay as a three dollar bill."
The Bitch is Back says – reply to this

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Oh no…they've fagged up our money!
UGLY says – reply to this

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UGLY
rOx says – reply to this

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gosh !! i'm 6th ! haha…

nice nice.. then we're gonna have pink coins and that… haha..

c'ya !
nice! says – reply to this

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good god! i love it..

i always thought us dollars were boring, but shit, add some glitter too!

i'll be looking out for these.
jen says – reply to this

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6th
Kody Hammell says – reply to this

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MMM… I'd tap *that*!!!!!! Be aaaaaaaaaaaall over his slave-freein' ass. Damn. I might "get with" some of the slaves he freed, too. MGMBill.org
lola says – reply to this

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It's about time. You Americans may laugh at our "monopoly" money but there is no mistaking a five from a twenty unlike your money when it was all the same colour. It's about time you did something to make it more distinctive.
uncle charlie says – reply to this

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Fuck off this isn't celebrity gossip it's just shite
jules says – reply to this

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welcome to our world!! a proud canadien…..i tell you it makes it a whole lot easies to tell the bills apart…for all the people wo makes fun of our money we get the lat laugh
j says – reply to this

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perez you are such a PHONY - now you're trying to ACT like you have a SOCIAL CONSCIENCE - IT'S WAY TOO LATE FOR YOU TO EARN RESPECT -you're just trying to improve your image to be a GAY OPRAH with a TV Show, magizine & music review. SO FAKE - YOU HAVE TRASHED PEEPS FOR WAY TOO LONG TO THINK ANYONE WILL FALL FOR YOUR BS NOW - YOU"RE JUST ANOTHER ORANGE OPRAH - SUCKING OFF WHOEVER YOU WANT TO USE.
JOHN STALL THE WONDERPOPE says – reply to this

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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
HOW HEAVENLY!!!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
EVEN THE MONEY'S GOING GAY!!!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
THE NEW $5 BILL IS FIERCE, BITCHES!!!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I CAN HEAR IT NOW, "YOU'RE AS QUEER AS A $5 BILL!"
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
AHHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
a says – reply to this

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This is an exaggerated picture…its going to look the same as the new $20s. Way to skew the story, Perez…
amber says – reply to this

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I really dont like it. Why purple? It looks like that purple 5 was just thrown on there as an after thought.
cANDY says – reply to this

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hahaha that looks sooooo gay! There goes America's bad boy powerhouse image. And by the way…Canadian curreny looks soooo cool!
patchyboy says – reply to this

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american money is so bland and boring looking…
Maggie says – reply to this

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Looks like my Canadian money… You guys just gotta copy all our ideas don't cha??!
carly says – reply to this

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do not pass go, do not collect $200
Oh Canada says – reply to this

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I'm Canadian…I hate US money everytime I go south of the border. I fucking can't tell any of the bills apart and I hate the fact that you have $1 bills…get a coin….& how about a $2 coin.
AshleyAshleyAshleyAshleyAshley says – reply to this

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Looks like the U.S finally jumped on the Canadian and European bandwagon, and colour-coded their money. It's only common sense! Then again, it always takes the U.S a little longer to clue in on things

However, the bill looks ridiculous….even more ugly than before. Is it really that hard for you ppl to come up w/ a decent looking bill? What's up with the retard-sized '5'? And PURPLE?? Of all colours?!?! Why wouldn't you just make the whole fucking bill the same colour at least?! SHEESH. Guess you can't expect any more than that from the U.S. Good effort, though….Good effort.
amycakes says – reply to this

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will it still smell of shit?
jollyex says – reply to this

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Can we make it look any more like monopoly money?
te says – reply to this

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Can't make fun of the Canadians anymore..eh!
Elizabitch says – reply to this

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Well, Lincoln *was* supposedly gay, so this is certainly appropriate.
Faloo says – reply to this

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I still prefer the €uros
aSh says – reply to this

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P.S - Changing the colour of your money won't make it any more valuable
Your economy is still shit, and your money means nothing.
James says – reply to this

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Why is this important? How does this relate to celebrities? I guess PH is in need for stuff for the website, that they will put anything crap on it to fill a spot. For someone who craves celebrity BS, I'm surprised PH even put this one on here.
maria says – reply to this

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Sucky, sucky, five dolla?
... says – reply to this

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Canadian money is still prettier!!
Kody Hammell says – reply to this

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HAHAHAHAHAHA (((SUCK))) (((ON))) (((IT))) (((YANKS)))!!!!!!!!!!!!! The you can add colour to your boring Greenback to try to immitate us, but you *can't* match us Canadians on dollar value. OUR dollar is worth more than YOUR dollar. Oh, what's that I hear??? Why, that's the U.S. economy deeeeeeeeep in a recession! hahahahaha *coughs up a little and resumes* hahahahaha
kasey loessberg says – reply to this

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In order to be realistic, they should have just made a "new" $3 bill. Because at the rate we're going, that five dollar bill will actually be "worth" about $3, and no nominee or presidential "patsy" will be able to stop the inevitable collapse of our dollar and economy. Nice going credit card, mortgage companies, etc. etc. INEVITABLE.
Gabby says – reply to this

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Ha ha ha and you Americans make fun of our canadian money!!
angela mazzeo says – reply to this

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no really.
i hate ALL the new dollar bills.
the yellow and the orange and the purples. its so dumb. what happened to green.
this is ridiculous. i have a headache.
rofl, i dont even know what canadian money looks like, so im not bashing on you.
if your country started with colorful bills, holler.
if your country decided to switch it up becasue they got bored, oh god.
Michael says – reply to this

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well…they tried at least…

And Canada isn't the only country to have coloured currency =\ sooo… I don't see the whole "ZOMG Finally America catches up with Canada and steal our idea" thing.

whatever money's money.
YES says – reply to this

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I love it! Go PURPLE!!!!
idiots says – reply to this

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Do people realize how retarded they look when they write "sixth" and their comment is really #47???

Get a life.
Michael says – reply to this

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also it looks NOTHING like Canadian money =\ It's still as green as ever! I'll still be confused when I cross the border lol!
tori says – reply to this

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ew American money is so plain & boring…Candian money is soo pretty we have blue, PURPLE and a much prettier purple for our $10 bill…redd…green A beautifull healthy green..not that ugly ratty grenish greyish shit on american bills ….and brown for our $100. : )
Court says – reply to this

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I have herd from many American's that (us) canadians have "Monoply money" who's got it now sucka's????????
randell says – reply to this

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47th!
Lori says – reply to this

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Nice color, love it. But seriously, no need to print more bills!
Katie says – reply to this

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Copycats.. haha.. copy our canadian money.. at least I can tell the differnence between a 10 and a 5.. ones purple and ones blue..
Adrian says – reply to this

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well well welll…….
first americans made fun of our Canadian money….calling it "funny money"
look whos going purple now?

WELCOME:)
Jennifer says – reply to this

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Re: FANNY – SHUT UP YOU DUMB BITCH! PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T DESERVE TO WALK THE EARTH
Lola Bunny says – reply to this

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i think it looks silly, our currency is starting to look like pesos!
Keria says – reply to this

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CANADAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
we are just so cool, people copy our money
Kelly says – reply to this

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Ignorant people are the most annoying thing on the Earth. ALL RACIST people should be SHOT. How in the hell did money become a topic of race. The topic is money you fucking idiot!!!
Julie says – reply to this

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SPECIMEN!!!

That just strikes me as really funny.
LEONA'$ Gho$T, yea uh huh, BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER bitches! says – reply to this

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Re: FANNY – You need to just get it over with.
Dolly Dimples says – reply to this

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Re: Emma – They have Money up there in Canada? I thought they used pine cones. I heard that one of your igloos was worth about 50 pine cones?
dumbindian says – reply to this

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Re: Kelly – I'm doin a raindance cuz i'm indian….
muslimfucktard says – reply to this

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Re: Kelly – a muslim just farted! EWWW!
cheesepufflove says – reply to this

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Re: FANNY –
Fanny- u really do have dark issues within yourself…were you by any chance neglected and ridiculed because of your looks? HA- well serves your piece of shit right. Rot in hell bitch
and yes, we were by the way talking about the new currency. I personally dont like it- i thought the color green fit way better since America was the only country who used green on all notes.
WHY COLOR? says – reply to this

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Why do we need to have color on money? And to the Canadians that have a hard time telling the bills apart when they do south of the border, here is a hint…read the numbers on the bills
Me says – reply to this

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Sorry but you americans have ugly money. Like seriously.
Tuginha says – reply to this

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American money is so ugly. The bills have such an old fashion design.
Any foreign currency has better design.
ksmurfer says – reply to this

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The irony…Lincoln's bill is purple!

Anywhoo…wow I didn't realize the Perez Hilton site was platform for so much racism, bigotry and homophobia…
Damn, some of the people on here need to get lives, for real! Who takes a good 5 or 6 minutes out of there day to come on to a gossip site and write an irrelevant paragraph long reply about hating black people, muslims, white people, or homosexuals? I'll tell you who…losers with no friends…sad really…
Jess say's says – reply to this

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I think it is great that we are starting to add some color to our money. There are so many countries that have gorgeous notes and ours are bland and ugly.
Tired of Lies says – reply to this

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Good american money is ugly.

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katiee says – reply to this

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original ..
its not like CANADAs bin doind that for YEARS.
wayy to finally get it right though.
maybe now you guys can tell the difference between ya bills.
annabelle says – reply to this

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THE DOLLAR IS WORTH SHIT NO MATTER WHAT FUCKING COLOR IT IS.
Paul says – reply to this

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I like it, except for all those "specimen" things written all over it. That makes it ugly. Why'd they have to go and ruin it by putting that on it?