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The use of paper currency, dating back to 600 A.D., is traced in America from colonial times to the present. Design, art work and engraving emphasize U.S. history and presidents from Washington to Woodrow Wilson ($100,000), and one Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase ($10,000). Designer of the new 2013 Benjamin Franklin $100 bill, Brian Thompson, describes theartistic process and engraver Will Fleishell illustrates the rigors of security engraving. Entire Issue of "Colonial Williamsburg Journal" is available as a pdf.
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