Federal Reserve Announces New $100 Bills!
A newly designed $100 note aims to thwart counterfeiters with advanced security features, top U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials said on Wednesday. The “new Benjamins” to be released in February 2011 retain the traditional look of the U.S. currency, with Benjamin Franklin’s portrait. They aim to foil counterfeiters with difficult and costly to reproduce features such as a blue three-dimensional security ribbon with alternating images of bells and the number 100 that move and change as the viewing angle is tilted. Check out the full press release in our forums here.
“As with previous U.S. currency redesigns, this note incorporates the best technology available to ensure we’re staying ahead of counterfeiters,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said at a Treasury Department unveiling ceremony. “Welcome to the new Benjamins.”
Comments are closed.