Sunday, 6 August 2017

Security Features For New 100$ US Currency

By Alxa Roffel


100$ note is currently the largest denomination of United States currency. It has the picture of an renowned or well-known person, sir Benjamin Franklin, who is one among the founding fathers of the United States of America. One the corresponding side of the Bill, one can find the image of the Independence Hall.

It was announced that the 100 bill will be printed and circulated by the February of 2011, but somehow the proposal got reject due to problems in the notes and was postponed later to be circulated from October 2013. The 100$ US currency note is one of the most counterfeited note outside United States and therefore the notes were reprinted after long research to get notes with new security features implied on them.

As found the new 100$ notes circulated in the country is rightfully the most advanced and technologically updated bills that the country has produced up till now. The use of a blue colour ribbon was made to ensure that it becomes easier for people to differentiate between the fake and the originals.

Likewise the newly notes released comprises of new high-tech features, which definitely made it easier for the people of the country to differentiate between the original and the counterfeit notes. Moreover, the new features also made it difficult for the people creating counterfeit notes to replicate it.

Despite of the fact that the newly created currency notes did cost a bit higher as compared to the old notes, however the notes had more circulating period and thus it was profitable for the long run. This was also beneficial in other sense, as the 100$ notes were something that was very often counterfeited in comparison to other currency notes in the country. Some counterfeiters were able to create such quality of counterfeit notes that were impossible to detect as fakes, considered as fake notes. However with the availability of the new security features in the notes, it becomes very difficult to replicate them.

Also there was no problem in getting rid of the old stack as they still went on to be legal, but after the announcement of the new redesigned notes, the old notes that were collected by the Federal Reserve were destroyed and replaced. This was done to avoid any kind of confusion with the notes in the ATMs. The security feature introduced in the notes consisted of the following.

A security feature is also put in the copper bell in the inkwell, as you tilt the note the bell change from copper to green. This also gives an effect, which showcases that the bell seems to appear and disappear in the inkwell. It also has a micro printing on the note as an added security feature.

The security features of the new printed notes were discussed for around a decade as the Federal Reserve wanted to have a 100$ US currency that is extremely difficult to counterfeit. Considering the fact that the 100 US dollar currency note is one of the most counterfeited notes outside the country, it was a necessary step. Use of micro printing and Raised printing was also done to add to the security feature of the currency.




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