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* March 25, 1996: The first major design change of the {{US$|long=no|100}} note since 1929 took place with the adoption of a contemporary style layout. The main intent of the new design was to deter counterfeiting, which had become more rampant following the rise of [[Computer printer|computer printing]] and [[Image scanner|image scanning]] technology.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Robert A. |date=1990-08-12 |title=Secret Service Faces A Rise in Counterfeiting |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/12/nyregion/secret-service-faces-a-rise-in-counterfeiting.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> New security features included a [[watermark]] of Franklin to the right side of the bill, [[optically variable ink]] (OVI) that changed from green to black when viewed at different angles on the lower right corner '100', an enlarged and different portrait of Franklin, and hard-to-reproduce fine line printing around Franklin's portrait and Independence Hall. Older security features such as interwoven red and blue silk fibers, microprinting, and a plastic security thread (which now glows pink [nominally red] under a [[black light]]) were kept. The individual Federal Reserve Bank Seal with district letter was changed to a unified Federal Reserve System Seal along with an additional prefix letter being added to the serial number, w. The first of the Series 1996 bills were produced in October 1995.<ref>[http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f1996_h.html USPaperMoney.Info: Series 1996 {{US$|long=no|100}}] July 1999</ref> |
* March 25, 1996: The first major design change of the {{US$|long=no|100}} note since 1929 took place with the adoption of a contemporary style layout. The main intent of the new design was to deter counterfeiting, which had become more rampant following the rise of [[Computer printer|computer printing]] and [[Image scanner|image scanning]] technology.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Robert A. |date=1990-08-12 |title=Secret Service Faces A Rise in Counterfeiting |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/12/nyregion/secret-service-faces-a-rise-in-counterfeiting.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> New security features included a [[watermark]] of Franklin to the right side of the bill, [[optically variable ink]] (OVI) that changed from green to black when viewed at different angles on the lower right corner '100', an enlarged and different portrait of Franklin, and hard-to-reproduce fine line printing around Franklin's portrait and Independence Hall. Older security features such as interwoven red and blue silk fibers, microprinting, and a plastic security thread (which now glows pink [nominally red] under a [[black light]]) were kept. The individual Federal Reserve Bank Seal with district letter was changed to a unified Federal Reserve System Seal along with an additional prefix letter being added to the serial number, w. The first of the Series 1996 bills were produced in October 1995.<ref>[http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f1996_h.html USPaperMoney.Info: Series 1996 {{US$|long=no|100}}] July 1999</ref> |
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* February 2007: The first {{US$|long=no|100}} bills (a shipment of 128,000 [[Replacement note|star notes]] from the [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco|San Francisco FRB]]) from the Western Currency Facility in [[Fort Worth, Texas]] are produced, almost 16 years after the first notes from the facility were produced. The shipment makes the {{US$|long=no|100}} bill the most recently added production to the facility's lineup. 4.6 billion notes were produced at the facility with series 2006 and Cabral and Paulson signatures, including about 4.15 million star notes.<ref>[http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2006_h.html USPaperMoney.Info: Series 2006 {{US$|long=no|100}}] April 2012</ref> |
* February 2007: The first {{US$|long=no|100}} bills (a shipment of 128,000 [[Replacement note|star notes]] from the [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco|San Francisco FRB]]) from the Western Currency Facility in [[Fort Worth, Texas]] are produced, almost 16 years after the first notes from the facility were produced. The shipment makes the {{US$|long=no|100}} bill the most recently added production to the facility's lineup. 4.6 billion notes were produced at the facility with series 2006 and Cabral and Paulson signatures, including about 4.15 million star notes.<ref>[http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2006_h.html USPaperMoney.Info: Series 2006 {{US$|long=no|100}}] April 2012</ref> |
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* October 8, 2013: The newest {{US$|long=no|100}} bill was announced on April 21, 2010, and, because of printing problems, did not enter circulation until nearly three and a half years later, on October 8, 2013.<ref name=bep2010>{{cite web |url=https://www.uscurrency.gov/media/news/federal-reserve-announces-day-issue-redesigned-100-note |title=Federal Reserve Announces Day of Issue of Redesigned {{US$|long=no|100}} Note |website=uscurrency.gov |publisher=U.S. Currency Education Program |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref> In addition to design changes introduced in 1996, the obverse features the brown quill that was used to sign the Declaration of Independence; faint phrases from the Declaration of Independence; the [[Syng inkstand]]'s inkwell; a bell within the inkwell's image that appears and disappears depending on the angle at which the bill is viewed using [[optically variable ink]] (OVI) and changes from copper to green; teal background color; a borderless portrait of Benjamin Franklin; a blue "3D security ribbon" (trademarked "Motion" by [[Crane Currency]]<ref>{{cite web|author1=Crane Currency|author-link=Crane Currency|title=MOTION Micro-Optics Banknote Security|url=https://www.cranecurrency.com/motion-micro-optics-banknote-security/|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref>) on which images of Liberty Bells shift into numerical designations of '100' as the note is tilted; and to the left of Franklin, small yellow 100s whose zeros form the [[EURion constellation]]. The reverse features a large gradient '100' printed vertically on the right side, small yellow EURion 100s and has the fine lines removed from around the vignette of Independence Hall. These notes were issued as ''Series 2009A'' with [[Rosa Gumataotao Rios|''Rios'']]''-''[[Timothy Geithner|''Geithner'']] signatures. Many of these changes are intended not only to thwart counterfeiting but to also make it easier to quickly check authenticity and help vision-impaired people.<ref>{{cite web |author=uscurrency |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTWWzVfwEik | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326204857/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTWWzVfwEik&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2013-03-26 | url-status=dead|title=$100 Note Podcast Episode: 1 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2012-04-06}}</ref> The first of the Series 2009 bills were produced in February 2010<ref>[http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2009_h.html USPaperMoney.Info: Series 2009 {{US$|long=no|100}}] September 2011</ref> while the Series 2009A replacement banknote was first produced in September 2011.<ref>[http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2009ah.html USPaperMoney.Info: Series 2009A {{US$|long=no|100}}] February 2017</ref> |
* October 8, 2013: The newest {{US$|long=no|100}} bill was announced on April 21, 2010, and, because of printing problems, did not enter circulation until nearly three and a half years later, on October 8, 2013.<ref name=bep2010>{{cite web |url=https://www.uscurrency.gov/media/news/federal-reserve-announces-day-issue-redesigned-100-note |title=Federal Reserve Announces Day of Issue of Redesigned {{US$|long=no|100}} Note |website=uscurrency.gov |publisher=U.S. Currency Education Program |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref> In addition to design changes introduced in 1996, the obverse features the brown quill that was used to sign the Declaration of Independence; faint phrases from the Declaration of Independence; the [[Syng inkstand]]'s inkwell; a bell within the inkwell's image that appears and disappears depending on the angle at which the bill is viewed using [[optically variable ink]] (OVI) and changes from copper to green; teal background color; a borderless portrait of Benjamin Franklin; a blue "3D security ribbon" (trademarked "Motion" by [[Crane Currency]]<ref>{{cite web|author1=Crane Currency|author-link=Crane Currency|title=MOTION Micro-Optics Banknote Security|url=https://www.cranecurrency.com/motion-micro-optics-banknote-security/|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref>) on which images of Liberty Bells shift into numerical designations of '100' as the note is tilted; and to the left of Franklin, small yellow 100s whose zeros form the [[EURion constellation]]. The reverse features a large gradient '100' printed vertically on the right side, small yellow EURion 100s and has the fine lines removed from around the vignette of Independence Hall. These notes were issued as ''Series 2009A'' with [[Rosa Gumataotao Rios|''Rios'']]''-''[[Timothy Geithner|''Geithner'']] signatures. Many of these changes are intended not only to thwart counterfeiting but to also make it easier to quickly check authenticity and help vision-impaired people.<ref>{{cite web |author=uscurrency |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTWWzVfwEik | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326204857/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTWWzVfwEik&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2013-03-26 | url-status=dead|title=$100 Note Podcast Episode: 1 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2012-04-06}}</ref> The first of the Series 2009 bills were produced in February 2010 <ref>[http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2009_h.html USPaperMoney.Info: Series 2009 {{US$|long=no|100}}] September 2011</ref> while the Series 2009A replacement banknote was first produced in September 2011.<ref>[http://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/f2009ah.html USPaperMoney.Info: Series 2009A {{US$|long=no|100}}] February 2017</ref> |
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