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Milissa Tadeo, senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, demonstrates how the security thread glows yellow under ultraviolet light on the new $50 bill during a hands-on educational seminar for the gaming and banking industry in Atlantic City, NJ, Tues., July 13, 2004. The Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduces Atlantic City cash-handlers to the security features of the redesigned $50 note being issued beginning on Sept. 28, 2004. The thread is a security feature that has been carried over from the old $50 bill. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

John Walsh, host of “America’s Most Wanted” television program addresses cash-handlers during an education seminar for the gaming and banking industry in Atlantic City, NJ, Tues., July 13, 2004. Also participating, from left, James Borasi, special agent in charge for U.S. Secret Service Philadelphia Field Office, William Stone, first vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Thomas A. Ferguson, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Milissa Tadeo, senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Rosalie Lopez, left, of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, demonstrates how casino cash counting equipment distinguishes counterfeit from genuine notes during a hands-on educational seminar for the gaming and banking industry in Atlantic City, NJ, Tues., July 13, 2004. Frank Benedetto, second right, resident agent in charge of the Atlantic City, NJ office for the Secret Service, discusses their role in keeping currency counterfeiting at low levels in the U.S. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Milissa Tadeo, senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, highlights three key security features cash-handlers and the public can use to check U.S. currency during a hands-on educational seminar for the gaming and banking industry in Atlantic City, NJ, Tues., July 13, 2004. The three features are the watermark, the security thread, and color shifting ink. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Thomas A. Ferguson, left, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, meets with John Walsh, right, host of “America’s Most Wanted” television program while Dawn Haley, chief of the office of external affairs at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Rhonda Brauer look on before a hands-on educational seminar for the gaming and banking industry in Atlantic City, NJ, Tues., July 13, 2004. The Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduces Atlantic City cash-handlers to the security features of the redesigned $50 note being issued beginning on Sept. 28, 2004. The thread is a security feature that has been carried over from the old $50 bill. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)