U.S. Treasury Stays One Step Ahead Of Counterfeiters By Unveiling New $100 Dollar Bill

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The U.S. Treasury refreshes its currency every once in a while to stay a
step ahead of counterfeiters, and this time they’re refreshing the $100
bill. The new bill will contain a security feature called Motion, where
each bill will contain up to 650,000 microlenses embedded in the
printing which will allow for an underlying image to shift when the bill
is moved. Yep, good old Benjamin Franklin is getting a facelift and
here it is.



Highlights of the new bill:

- 3-D Security Ribbon

- Bell in the inkwell. When you move the note, the bell changes color
from copper to green.

- Portrait watermark

- Security Thread

- Color-shifting “100″

- The new note will be issued on February 10, 2011.



Source: Techvert

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