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 WASHINGTON (AP) - As long as there's been money, there have been counterfeiters. An exhibit at the National Museum of American History reinforces that axiom.
The oldest piece of U.S. currency in the display is a 1690 two-shilling bill from Massachusetts. A counterfeiter good with a pen changed its value to 20 shillings.
The exhibit of rare, historic and beautiful currency opens Friday at the Smithsonian Castle, the original 150-year-old home of the Smithsonian Institution. There are 56 coins, bills and medals in all, a tiny slice of the more than 1.5 million in the museum's collection.
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