Currency Features for Visually Impaired People (1995) / Chapter Skim
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On July 13, 1994, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced its intent to issue redesigned banknotes that incorporate counterfeit-deterrent features, which are based on the recommendations of the National Research Council study and other studies performed by the New Currency Design Task Force.
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Appendix D contains descriptions of several additional features in use worldwide that help visually disabled people to more easily effect cash transactions. Within the United States, there is a long history of groups advocating changes to the U.S.
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Features currently used by other countries, and others previously proposed by groups representing blind and visually impaired people in the United States (for example, ACB, 1978, 1980, 1992) , can be considered for inclusion in the forthcoming redesign of U.S.
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National Materials Advisory Board, NRC. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
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