Sunday morning. The color of money

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Though it's recently brightened up a bit of late, the color of money here in the U.S. is still on the drab side, not at all like the bills you can find in wallets overseas. Reporter Rita Braver takes a look. These days American money is all about our celebrated statesmen: Washington, Lincoln, Franklin. But once upon a time our currency was more adventuresome, featuring Native Americans, the Pilgrims, Martha Washington, and Lewis and Clark! And back at the end of the 19th century, there was an inventive line of bills known as the "Education Series."

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9 minutes

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