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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Wednesday, June 19, 1996
The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 3
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THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING' Ecclesiastes 3:1, The Living Bible, Tyndale House '
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THEY’RE THE CLASS FAVORITES — Named
as "Favorites" from among underclassmen
at Mercedes High School recently were the
six above. They are, in pairs from left, Fresh-
men Mark Marroquin and Ruby Delgado,
Sophomores David Hinojosa and Marissa
Martinez, and Juniors Ladi Ramirez and Judy
Olivarez. (Enterprise Photo.)
By Barry Evans
veryday Wonders...
Green Paper
About 25 years ago, I was in a
small village in Afghanistan bargain-
ing with a storekeeper for a couple of
small metal figurines. “Sony,” I said,
“I’m all out of Afghani money, I need
to go to a bank. I’ve only got American
bills with me.” “No problem,” he said,
“Just give me five dollars.”
Even then, even there, U.S. paper
all-black notes in 1862, when Union
paper money was first released in sup-
port of the national banking system
instituted to finance the Civil War.
The second color of ink on the face
of the bill made it harder to counter-
feit, while the use of green ink on the
back improved the look of the face,
since black would have shown through
the translucent paper.
0 money was’Considered 'internationalAnother anticounterfeiting mea-
becurrency. That dollar bill in your purse 1 sure, put into effect recently on bills
This Series Made Possible by __
These Business Firms and Individuals
Who Support Our Right to Worship Freely.
In Times Like These
Mercedes Christian Church
612 SOUTH TEXAS
P.O. BOX 896
MERCEDES, TEXAS 78570
Sunday School: 9:20 A.M.
Sunday Worship: 10:30 A.M. & 7 P.M.
PASTOR - DON BRYMIESO
camp 565-1509 FAR. 565-4742
Holistic Home Health and
Community Support Services
% "FREE NURSING SERVICES"
Mid Valley 262-2255 ext 911
Upper Valley 682-3242 ext 911
Monday through Friday
THE RIGHT CHOICE 9:00 a-m to 5:00 p.m.
MATTS
Appliance
Repair
MARTINEZ GARAGE
565-4022
• Ranges ’Washers and Dryers
•Window Units •Refrigerators
1306 South Missouri 565-4555
PETE & BETO MARTINEZ -
OWNERS
103 S. Missouri Ave.
Cowpliz
@AUTO
SERVICE
Mercedes 78570
RUDY GARZA
FUNERAL HOMES
1702 E. Harrison
Haringen 78550
(210) 425-8200
217 S. Main St. 236 S. Ohio Ave.
La Feris 78559 Mercedes 78570
(210) 797-3122 (210) 565-1175
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be
comforted" - St. Matthew 5:4
See us for towing, auto repairs
or welding!
JUAN’S WELDING
and Auto Service
2190 W. Business 83
565-3711
IMELDA’S
BEAUTY SALON P
242 S. Texas #5 - /
(Inside Super Drug Plaza)<.
Mercedes, TX 78520:
Prop. David L. Martell o.
565-4806 RIPA
.” lor
Open 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon - Sat
Suzann Meyer
Massage Chenrpist
‘ast Western, Westaco
Tues - Wed-Thrustay, 2-9 p.m.
Call for appointment: 989-2411
Mercedes Memorial
Chapel
Traditional funerals
as low as $1,254,
complete with casket.
Direct cremation,
complete alternative
container, at $600.
Cemetery charges are separate
635 S. Texas Mercedes 565-1312 from funeral home charges.
or billfold is one of nearly three billion
in circulation here and abroad. To put
the number in context, if you taped all
three billion bills end to end, that one
long ribbon of money could reach to
the moon. Substitute the singles with
twenties, and you’d have a rope worth
the $50 billion price of putting a man
on the moon in 1969.
A currency bill contains a trea-
sure-trove of information and wonder.
Consider, for instance, the ubiquitous
presence of 13-for the original 13
states-on a dollar bill. You’ll find 13:
rows in the unfinished pyramid; stars;
stripes; laurel leaves; laurel berries;
arrows; and even letters in “E pluribus
unum” (meaning “Out of many, one”)
on the banner in the eagle’s beak.
Counting the diphthong as two letters,
the motto “Annuit coeptis” (He—that
is, God — has favored our undertak-
ings) found over the pyramid has 13
letters, too.
Incidentally, William Barton, de-
signer of the Great Seal, took “Annuit
coeptis” and “Novus Ordo Seclorum,"
that is, a new order of the ages, from
the writings of the Roman poet Virgil.
The green color we now take for
granted was added to the previously
other than the one dollar, can be seen
under a magnifying glass. Take a look
at the border of Jackson’s image on a
$20 bill, for instance. On notes issued
after 1989, the outermost border “line”
is actually miniscule lettering, with
the words “THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA” repeated six times on
each side of the portrait. Even the best
photocopiers can’t successfully repro-
duce this Lilliputian lettering found
on all bills other than the one dollar.
If you’ve been in Britain recently,
or traveled north or south of the bor-
ders to Canada or Mexico, you may
have been charmed by the display of
tiny iridescent “chips” in the local
notes. These are not put there for show,
but to prevent counterfeiting, since
they are fiendishly difficult to copy.
" The US government has now be-
gun to incorporate them in the next
generation of U.S. notes starting re-
cently with the $100 bill — and that’s
worth a whole column in itself.
In researching this story, I came
across perhaps the oddest fact of all
about U.S. paper currency: It’s esti-
mated that only one third of all $100
bills in circulation are in this country.
The rest are overseas! No wonder I
never seem to have any in my wallet.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 19, 1996, newspaper, June 19, 1996; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1632164/m1/3/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.