The newly designed $100 bill was unveiled at the Treasury Department in Washington on Wednesday.
The new Benjamin Franklins include additional security features designed to weed out counterfeit notes, including a 3-D security ribbon that contains images of bells and 100s that move and change from one to the other as handlers tilt the note.
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, from left, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Keith Prewitt watch as the newly designed $100 bill is unveiled at the Treasury Department in Washington on Wednesday. The Associated Press
The Treasury will start issuing the bills Feb. 10, 2011.
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