The United States government has issued a new $100 note.
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday began supplying financial
institutions with a redesigned $100 note that incorporates new security
features to deter counterfeiters and help businesses and consumers tell
whether a note is genuine.
Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell says the new design
incorporates security features that make it easier to authenticate, but
harder to replicate.
“As the new note transitions into daily transactions, the
user-friendly security features will allow the public to more easily
verify its authenticity,” he says.
Powell says the Federal Reserve, US Department of the Treasury, US
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the US Secret Service partner to
redesign Federal Reserve notes to stay ahead of counterfeiting threats.
The redesigned $100 note includes two new security features: a blue 3-D security ribbon with images of bells and 100s, and a colour-changing
bell in an inkwell.
Benjamin Franklin’s portrait is featured on the front of the $100
note printed on paper composed of 25 percent linen and 75 percent
cotton, and contains red and blue security fibres.
The new features, and additional features retained from the previous
design, such as a watermark, offer the public a simple way to visually
authenticate the redesigned $100 note.
Consumers worldwide are advised that it is not necessary to trade in
older-design $100 notes for new ones.
It is US government policy that
all designs of US currency remain legal tender, regardless of when they
were issued.
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