Government goes high-tech to redesign $100 bills

[jeff of pa]

WASHINGTON — The folks who print America's money have designed a high-tech makeover of the $100 bill. It's part of an effort to stay ahead of counterfeiters as technology becomes more sophisticated and more dollars flow overseas, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says.

The makeover, unveiled Wednesday by Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, may leave people wondering if there's magic involved.



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[wwace]

They should make that security strip so we can detect it, and it should ring up as something other than foil.

 

[thurmownator]

..............and here's a link showing the evolution of the $100 bill; since 1860:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-100-dollar-bill-apr21,0,151903.photogallery

 

[timbobwey]

I think that new bill is ugly as sin.

 

[jeff of pa]

They can't make them Ugly enough to make
me not want a ton of them Though

the one dollar fake Golds ? Give me 4 quarters instead