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Art Friedberg

Art Friedberg

Arthur (Art) Friedberg, numismatist and President of the Coin & Currency Institute, co-author of the standard reference "Paper Money of the United States."

Sep 24, 2026

1:02
Yeah.
1:03
Although I had a hunch something was gonna happen when they named a new treasurer over a year ago.
1:11
And normally the first thing you see as soon as there's a new treasurer and a new secretary is they get together for a big photo op of them signing their names on a piece of paper, and then the Bureau of Engraving and Printing turns it into a printing block, and it's all over the place.
1:25
When nothing happened for a year, I sort of suspected something was going on, but I really couldn't figure out what and I had no expectation that it would be this.
1:34
I thought the delay was more because of the eventual redesign of the currency, which I guess we'll get to a little bit later.

7 MINS LATER

9:01
Right.
9:01
And totally inefficient and so they were looking to make it a modern printing press.
9:07
And they were all set to go ahead.

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