New $100 bills to hit streets in October with enhanced security (VIDEO)
The new US $100 bills are to hit streets on Oct. 8, 2013, roughly two years after originally planned to resolve production issues. The new bills feature a 3-D security band and color-changing numbers.
America’s newest greenback will actually get a splash of blue when the redesigned $100 bill hits the streets on Oct. 8, the Federal Reserve announced today.
The touch of color comes from a 3-D security band designed to thwart counterfeiters.
“This note, which incorporates new security features such as a blue, 3-D security ribbon, will be easier for the public to authenticate but more difficult for counterfeiters to replicate,” a news release says.
The new design for the $100 note was unveiled in 2010, but its introduction was postponed following an unexpected production delay, the release adds.
The Fed went as far as creating several videos and interactive web pages to help consumers, police, banks and business owners with the transition.
Other security features include a portrait watermark, security thread, color-shifting gold “100,” raised printing and micro-printing. A Liberty Bell in the inkwell disappears.
A Fed representative told The Associated Press the printing process left creases in the new bills, which caused a nearly two-year delay.
“We made numerous process changes to address the creasing issue and we are back in full production,” said Dawn Haley of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.