P.M. BRIEFING : Plate to Make $100 Bills Lost
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<i> From Times wire services</i>
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Engraving and Printing said today that it has mislaid a steel plate bearing Benjamin Franklin’s picture that was formerly used to print $100 bills.
The Secret Service was notified and sent two agents to investigate, bureau spokesman Ira Polikoff said.
Polikoff said the bureau believes the plate is still in its building and is working on the theory that it has gone astray because of a clerical error.
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