The US Federal Reserve has issued a new hi-tech 100 dollar banknote comprising several ... such as a portrait watermark and an embedded security thread that glows pink under ultraviolet light.

According to figures from the United States Department of the Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Federal Reserve (Fed) issued more than 1.3 million copies of $100 dollar bills in 2023 ...

The thread for the new $100 bill carries the words "USA 100" and ... For the 1996 series a watermark was added to the paper. This is also not a new invention. Watermarks were first used in the ...