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His Face May Be Red After Greenback Chat

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From Times Wire Reports

Treasury Secretary John W. Snow is the nation’s top money man, but he might need a refresher course on the greenbacks the United States makes these days.

Snow chose the $500 bill when asked during an Internet interactive exchange what form of currency he would like his image on.

“It has the least circulation,” Snow said. “That way I wouldn’t have to see myself too often.”

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The U.S. stopped printing $500 bills in 1945 and stopped issuing them -- along with $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 notes -- in 1969, because of lack of use, said the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Treasury spokesman Rob Nichols said that Snow was joking when he spoke.

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