"Redesigned $100 Bill"

Federal Reserve to Unveil a Redesigned 100$ Bill

The New York Times

By-Emmarie Huetteman

A new 100$ bill will be put into circulation on Tuesday, October 8. The new bill will have many different anti-counterfeiting features. The bill will have a new colorful look. The new design will finally be put into effect after being postponed for two and a half years. The re-designed note will have two brand new features. There will be a three dimensional blue strip close to the middle of the bill that has images that appear to move when it is tilted. There will also be an image of a copper inkwell that has a holographic bell that will change colors. The 100$ bill will be the last note to undergo the "New Color Of Money" change, which started in 2003. The 100$ note is said to be the most counterfeited note outside the US, that is why it needed this new change. The changes will make it much easier for people to confirm if a bill is counterfeit or not. The new design took about ten years to complete. It was said to be released in February of 2011, but a printing problem that had come up, which caused bills to be printed with creases. Because of the creases and other small printing problems the Federal reserve decided that the bill could not be put into circulation and thus the postponing of it until now.