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The $100 Bill Becomes More High Tech
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Benjamin Franklin is about to have a new look. The hundred dollar bill is undergoing some security improvements to attempt to thwart counterfeiters:
“It combines micro-printing with tiny lenses - 650,000 for a single $100 bill. The lenses magnify the micro-printing in a truly remarkable way.
Move the bill side to side and the image appears to move up and down. Move the bill up and down and the image appears to move from side to side.”
link: $100 Bill to Get High-Tech Face Lift
These new bills will be passing through your hands by the end of the year. Watch for Benjamin moving about…
Catherine
[tags]technology, security, counterfeiters, currency, $100 bill[/tags]
One Comment
irspariah
August 28th, 2007
at 7:16am
It appears that the revolutionary motto “dont tread on me” has been supplanted by “wretched excess is the only way”.