New $100 Bills: Redesigned US Notes to be Released on October 8, 2013

New $100 bill
Credit: www.newmoney.gov
The new $100 bills will soon be in circulation. Know the new features and the difference with the fake notes.

The new $100 bills will be issued by the United States in October this year, according to a press release published by the Federal Reserve at www.newmoney.gov on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

The Federal Reserve explained that Benjamin Franklin's portrait was retained. Most of the changes in the new $100 notes are focused on advanced security features that aims to prevent counterfeit money in circulation.

Among the new features of the redesigned $100 bills include:

• blue 3-D security ribbon,
• bell in the ink well that provides alternating images of bells,
• portrait watermark on the front right side,
• number 100 that shifts its color as you move the viewing angle,
• large, golden number 100 at the back right side
• microprinting of the words "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" on the collar of Benjamin Franklin, "USA 100" on the blank space for the portrait watermark, and ONE HUNDRED USA between the quill and portrait watermark,
• raised printing that provides rough touch on the shoulder of Benjamin Franklin, and
• security thread running at the left side of the portrait.

Portrait watermark on the new $100 bill
Credit: www.newmoney.gov

As the old notes passes through the Federal system, they will be destroyed and replaced.

But with the security features of the new $100 bill already published, can this be an opportunity for counterfeiters to also improve their own production?