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NOVA; Making a Dishonest Buck

01/29/1992

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Series

NOVA

Program

Making a Dishonest Buck

Program Number

1906

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

Many criminals still make money the old-fashioned way - by counterfeiting. NOVA looks at why U.S. currency is so easy to fake and what the government is doing about it.

Duration

00:66:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Science

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; Making a Dishonest Buck,” 01/29/1992, GBH Archives, accessed May 30, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_99A93E78CB764FF7BCCA3AC7D8A052F0.

MLA: “NOVA; Making a Dishonest Buck.” 01/29/1992. GBH Archives. Web. May 30, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_99A93E78CB764FF7BCCA3AC7D8A052F0>.

APA: NOVA; Making a Dishonest Buck. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_99A93E78CB764FF7BCCA3AC7D8A052F0