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In the following pages, we’ll introduce you to the new $100 note and the other redesigned denominations: the $50, $20, $10, and $5 notes. The redesigned $100 note incorporates two advanced security features — the 3-D Security Ribbon and the Bell in the Inkwell — and other innovative enhancements.
In its first redesign since 1996, the new-design $100 note features additional security features including a 3-D Security Ribbon and color-shifting Bell in the Inkwell. The new-design $100 note also includes a portrait watermark of Benjamin Franklin that is visible from both sides of the note when held to light.
The new bill costs 12.6 cents to produce and has a blue ribbon woven into the center of the currency with "100" and Liberty Bells, alternating, that appear when the bill is tilted. As of June 30, 2012, the $100 bill comprised 77% of all US currency in circulation. [ 5 ]
The Federal Reserve today shipped billions of dollars in new $100 bills that incorporate a host of new security features designed to make them harder to counterfeit.
The Federal Reserve will begin issuing a new version of the $100 bill this fall, the first update since 1996. The redesigned bill includes a vertical blue stripe with an embedded image.
The current denomination sequence and planned issuance dates have been in development with the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Committee since 2011: $10 (2026), $50 (2028), $20 (2030), $5 (2032) and $100 (2034). This sequence addresses risk mitigation and counterfeiting concerns.
According to the U.S. Treasury, upgraded security features on the new $100 bills include a blue 3D security ribbon, a bell in the inkwell, red and blue fibers embedded in the paper, a front-facing portrait watermark, 100 printed in orange ink, and other enhanced imagery.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new $100 bill, with an array of high-tech features designed to thwart counterfeiters, will get its coming out party on Tuesday, partial government shutdown or not.