§ 601.3 Distinctive paper.

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Title 31 CFR: Money and Finance: Treasury › Chapter VI: BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY › Part 601: DISTINCTIVE PAPER AND DISTINCTIVE COUNTERFEIT DETERRENTS FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES › § 601.3: § 601.3 Distinctive paper.

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The distinctive paper is a cream-white currency note paper with fibers, colored red and blue, evenly distributed throughout the currency note paper. The distinctive paper shall contain distinctive counterfeit deterrents in the currency note paper denominations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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