The $100 bill has gotten a new look intended to thwart counterfeiters.
Officials from the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve board and the United States Secret Service unveiled the new design Wednesday. The government had announced it last month.
While the bill retains the security features found on the previous design, the new design also has a couple of new features. Among them, a blue “3-D Security Ribbon” contains images of bells and 100s that move and change as you tilt the note. Meanwhile, the “Bell in the Inkwell” on the front of the note changes color from copper to green when the note is tilted.
According to the government, the $100 note is the most widely circulated and most often counterfeited denomination outside the United States. “This note incorporates the best technology available to ensure we’re staying ahead of counterfeiters,” Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said in a statement.
The reaction online so far has been positive from bloggers at sites like creditcardoutlaw.com and Bargaineering.com.
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Obverse of the Series 2009 US$100 bill
Reverse of the Series 2009 US$100 bill
Official animated video released yesterday
The United States 's  unveiled a new  Wednesday morning.  This is the first time that the one hundred dollar note has been redesigned since 1996.

Until now the one hundred dollar note, along with the  and  dollar notes, was not part of the newest batch of dollar note redesigns.  The Bureau of Engraving and Printing redesigned the series 2006 5, 10, 20, and 50 dollar notes previously.

The new one hundred dollar note will contain new security and design features. Along with a new stylized portrait of , the note also features a quill pen and inkwell on the obverse.  On the reverse it has a new larger printed '100' in gold lettering.  The new security features include a , a new more secure watermark, and a new feature called 'motion' which uses 650,000 micro lenses to create a moving image.

The note was originally slated for release in 2008 although budget constraints pushed the release date back to late 2009 or early to mid 2010.  The note will go into general circulation by early 2011.