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Honest Abe will become Colorful Abe with splashes of purple and gray livening up the $5 bill. The government showed off the new bill Thursday in an Internet news conference — a high-tech unveiling that officials say is entirely appropriate for a 21st Century redesign of the bill featuring Abraham Lincoln. The changes are similar to those already made, starting in 2003, to the $10, $20 and $50 bills.



