The NextGen Benjamins Fiasco

It’s been nearly three years since the captains of the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, U.S. Secret Service and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing gathered with bankers, journalists and financial security types in the Cash Room at the U.S. Treasury building to unveil the new $100 banknote. The event — pageant, really — received obliging media coverage, but wasn’t exactly page-one material.