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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 51, December 18, 2016, Article 19

"1600" SMARTPHONE APP TRANSFORMS $1 BILL

Regarding the new "1600" smartphone app by the White House Historical Association, David Sundman writes:

This is a fun free app that starts with a $1 bill. After you have the app installed on your iPhone or iPad you just point it a dollar bill. From there it's transformed before your eyes into the White House, complete with helicopter. My five-year-old grandchild loved it!

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A December 12, 2016 Coin World article by Arthur L. Friedberg provides more information. Looks like fun. -Editor

Thanks to the White House press office, the White House Historical Association and Nexus Studios, $1 notes have a new use that is anything but monetary in nature.

A free app for Android and iPhone or iPad called “1600” was announced by Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Dec. 1. It is called a new way for Americans of all ages to learn about the president’s house and what happens there. All you need to do is download the app, tap “Start” and point the camera of your device at the portrait of George Washington. The seals spin and suddenly you see an interactive 3D video, “1600 — a Year at the White House” in an augmented reality pop-up.

You see Marine One arrive, the Easter Egg Roll and a State Arrival Ceremony, all amid changing seasons and people moving in and out.

To read the complete article, see:
‘Entrance fee’ of $1 (and a phone app) gets you a White House tour (www.coinworld.com/news/paper-money/2016/12/turn-a-1-dollar-note-into-a-tour-of-the-white-house.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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