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Djakarta Jacobs (left), National Archives Shop Manager, inspects the new $10 note for the first purchase made by Michael Lambert (far right), Assistant Director of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems at the Federal Reserve Board, Thursday, March 2, 2006, in Washington, D.C. Joining Lambert are, from right to left, Anna Escobedo Cabral, Treasurer of the United States; Larry Felix, Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States; and Michael Merritt, Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Investigations, United States Secret Service. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

With the United States Constitution in the background, Anna Escobedo Cabral, Treasurer of the United States, points out security features on the new $10 note introduced at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, March 2, 2006. The new design elements in the $10 note include the words "We the People" from the U.S. Constitution. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Introducing the redesigned $10 note into circulation, from left, Anna Escobedo Cabral, Treasurer of the United States; Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States; Michael Lambert, Assistant Director of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems at the Federal Reserve Board; Larry Felix, Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing; and Michael Merritt, Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Investigations, United States Secret Service, stand in front of the United States Constitution at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 2, 2006. The new design elements in the $10 note include the words "We the People" from the U.S. Constitution. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Standing in front of an enlarged version of the redesigned $10 note, Larry Felix, Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, points out new security features to Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 2, 2006. The new design elements in the $10 note include the words "We the People" from the U.S. Constitution. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Djakarta Jacobs, National Archives Shop Manager, smiles for news photographers while holding the redesigned $10 note, the first note released into circulation on March 2, 2006 in Washington, D.C. The $10 note was used to purchase a copy of the U.S. Constitution. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

A sheet of the new $10 notes, released into circulation on March 2, 2006. The newly designed note includes the words "We the People" from the U.S. Constitution and features new security elements. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)