Redesigned C-Notes Get Colorful, High-Tech Facelift

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board and the United States Secret Service unveiled the redesigned $100 bill, which is packed with "counterfeit-deterrent security features."

According to a press release, there are two distinct differences between these new bills and the 6.5 billion other $100 bills currently in circulation.

The redesigned $100 note includes two new advanced counterfeit-deterrent security features, in addition to effective security features from the previous design. The features are easy for consumers and merchants to check when verifying authenticity. The blue 3-D Security Ribbon on the front of the new $100 note contains images of bells and 100s that move and change from one to the other as you tilt the note. The Bell in the Inkwell on the front of the note is another new security feature. The bell changes color from copper to green when the note is tilted, an effect that makes it seem to appear and disappear within the copper inkwell....The back of the note has a new vignette of Independence Hall featuring the rear, rather than the front, of the building. Both the vignette on the back of the note and the portrait on the front have been enlarged, and the oval that previously appeared around both images has been removed.

No word yet on when the new bills will begin circulating.

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