New 100 Dollar Bill Uv Light

A 100 bill printed after 1990 should have a security thread on the left hand side that is only visible when you hold the bill up to the light.

New 100 dollar bill uv light.

I saw the fake 100 00 that was given to my customer and you could tell t. The thread in a 100 bill glows pink when illuminated by ultraviolet light uv. It will have usa and the bill s denomination aka usa 20 running vertically on the bill. The ultimate test is to put the bill under a uv or black light and make sure the bill glows the correct color.

Two watermarks are featured in the 5 note and they are visible from both sides of the note when held to light. In its first redesign since 1996 the new design 100 note features additional security features including a 3 d security ribbon and color shifting bell in the inkwell. The words usa and 100 should alternate on the thread. The hundred dollar bill just got a makeover and it s making its big debut today.

Currency the most obvious difference is the size and off center location of franklin s portrait. The security strip is visible when viewed with a light bulb held behind the bank notes. The teflon strip had been added to the bills in 1988 when the bep did a minor redesign of the notes. Black light and counterfeits examining the 100 bill.

The 5 note includes an embedded security thread that glows blue when illuminated by uv light. The current design 5 note entered circulation on march 13 2008 and features subtle background colors of light purple and gray. It is present in most of the us bills excluding the small denomination 2 and 1 bills old and new and is the primary security feature used by money counters and bill checkers to identify fakes. If you hold the bill up to uv light then the thread glows pink.

You can see the security strip with repeating micro printed text usa 100 on the 100 bill usa 20 on the twenty dollar bill and so on. If you hold any bill up to the light you will see a security strip on an authentic bill. The new design 100 note also includes a portrait watermark of benjamin franklin that is visible from both sides of the note when held to light.