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On the 8th October 2013, the US Federal Reserve issued the latest version of the $100 dollar banknote.

The note contains several new security features, including Motion™ thread and a colour changing/ optically variable ink.

Other features include:

• Watermark of Benjamin Franklin
• Embedded security thread which glows pink under Ultraviolet (UV) light
• Colour shifting “100” on the front of the note, shifting between copper and green
• Raised printing from an enhanced intaglio printing process
• Large “100” in gold on the reverse of the note, to assist those with visual impairments
• Mircoprinting

It has taken over 10 years of research and development by both the US Secret Service and the Department of Treasury – and a 2 year delay due to production issues – to create the new banknote, utilising new technology in order to combat counterfeits. US authorities state that the $100 bill is the most counterfeited note of the US series, and estimates that of the $1.1 trillion (£683 billion) US money in circulation, less than 0.01% accounts for counterfeits notes. It also states that approximately $80.7 million counterfeit currency was used within the United States in 2012, and $14.5 million in other countries.

The new $100 is the bill’s first redesign since 1996.

Source: NewMoney.gov

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