New Design for the $100 Note

On April 21, 2010 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft unveiled the new design for the $100 note. Complete with advanced technology to combat counterfeiting, the new design for the $100 note retains the traditional look of U.S. currency. Ambassador Tefft told an audience of invited guests and media representatives that U.S. currency users should know they will not have to trade in their old design notes when the new notes begin circulating February 10, 2011. The redesigned $100 note includes two new advanced counterfeit-deterrent security features, in addition to effective security features from the previous design. The features are easy for consumers and merchants to check when verifying authenticity. The blue 3-D Security Ribbon on the front of the new $100 note contains images of bells and 100s that move and change from one to the other as you tilt the note. The Bell in the Inkwell on the front of the note is another new security feature. The image of the bell changes color from copper to green when the note is tilted, an effect that makes it seem to appear and disappear within the copper-colored inkwell.

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