 The United States Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing unveiled a new United States one hundred-dollar bill Wednesday morning.  This is the first time that the one hundred dollar note has been redesigned since 1996.
Until now the one hundred dollar note, along with the one and two dollar notes, was not part of the newest batch of dollar note redesigns.  The Bureau of Engraving and Printing redesigned the series 2006 5, 10, 20, and 50 dollar notes previously.
The new one hundred dollar note will contain new security and design features. Along with a new stylized portrait of Benjamin Franklin, the note also features a quill pen and inkwell on the obverse.  On the reverse it has a new larger printed '100' in gold lettering.  The new security features include a EURion constellation, a new more secure watermark, and a new feature called 'motion' which uses 650,000 micro lenses to create a moving image.
The note was originally slated for release in 2008 although budget constraints pushed the release date back to late 2009 or early to mid 2010.  The note will go into general circulation by early 2011. 

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US Treasury unveils new $100 note