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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 2954003, member: 24274&quot;]WOO HOO! Our voices were heard! The Bureau of Engraving &amp; Printing has released the designs for <a href="https://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/worldwari100thanniversary2018intaglioprintcollection.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/worldwari100thanniversary2018intaglioprintcollection.aspx" rel="nofollow">2018 Intaglio Print Program</a> and for the first time in 10 YEARS they are featuring complete currency designs!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]722037[/ATTACH]</p><p>The last card was like this was issued for the 2007 ANA show in Milwaukie. For all of you who urged them to go back to currency as the central feature -- THANK YOU. It finally paid off!</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll note that the currency reproductions are marked &quot;COPY.&quot; A quick recap: the reason the BEP stopped reprinting currency designs was because some dealers were cutting down the cards, having them &quot;graded,&quot; and misrepresenting them as proofs. The Secret Service came down on the Bureau and told them they could no longer use currency on their cards. (They actually were not supposed to use <b>any</b> engraving that had even <i>appeared</i> on currency, but that was too restrictive and was ignored.) But administrations change and so do Bureau directors. The new director, Len Olijar, is a collector himself and I suspect this is what led to a repeal of the prohibition on currency usage.</p><p><br /></p><p>If having &quot;COPY&quot; on these designs is the price we have to pay for intaglio currency reprints, I&#039;ll take it. The next step is to encourage better overall design of these cards, but I&#039;m not going to complain. This is probably a better time to write Kevin Brown (see address above) and offer your praise for this policy reversal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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