KNOW YOUR MONEY

Duration: 20 min

Year Published: 1937

Creator: US Secret service

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Focuses chiefly on distinguishing genuine currency and coins from counterfeits, with close-up shots of various denominations highlighting the imperfections typically found in a counterfeit engraving. Broadcaster Lowell Thomas serves as commentator for this U.S. Treasury Department production, which was also accompanied by a companion pamphlet of the same name.

Complete Record: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 13214 / Local Identifier 87.1 - KNOW YOUR MONEY - Department of the Treasury. U.S. Secret Service. (1943 - 2003). On methods of detecting counterfeit coins and bills. Examines common errors in spurious bills and describes kinds of bills (U.S. Notes, Silver Certificates, Federal Reserve Notes). Dramatizes the apprehension of counterfeiters through the alertness of a grocer who receives a bogus bill. Shows the Treasury Building in Washington, DC and geometric lathes and presses used in printing money. -

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946