I understand about making the number big for the vision-impaired.

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But the big purple "5" on the back of the new $5 bill is taking things a bit far, don't you think?

http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/currency/new5

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The new $5 bills, which entered circulation on March 13, 2008, are safer, smarter and more secure: safer because they’re harder to fake and easier to check; smarter to stay ahead of savvy counterfeiters; and more secure to protect the integrity of U.S. currency.

Also redundant, redundant, and also redundant.