$100 Note

Hold the note to light to see an embedded thread running vertically to the left of the portrait. The thread is imprinted with the letters USA and the numeral 100 in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note. The thread glows pink when illuminated by ultraviolet light.

Tilt the note back and forth while focusing on the blue ribbon. You will see the bells change to 100s as they move. When you tilt the note back and forth, the bells and 100s move side to side. If you tilt it side to side, they move up and down. The ribbon is woven into the paper, not printed on it.

Tilt the note to see the color-shifting bell in the copper inkwell change from copper to green, an effect which makes the bell seem to appear and disappear within the inkwell.

Hold the note to light and look for a faint image of Benjamin Franklin in the blank space to the right of the portrait. The image is visible from both sides of the note.

Tilt the note to see the numeral 100 in the lower right corner of the front of the note shift from copper to green.

Hold the note to light to see an embedded thread running vertically to the left of the portrait.  The thread is imprinted with the letters USA and the numeral 100 in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note.  The thread glows pink when illuminated by ultraviolet light.

Hold the note to light and look for a faint image of Benjamin Franklin in the blank space to the right of the portrait.  The image is visible from both sides of the note.

Tilt the note to see the numeral 100 in the lower right corner of the front of the note shift from green to black.

Hold the note to light to see an embedded thread running vertically to the left of the portrait.  The thread is imprinted with the letters USA and the numeral 100 in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note.  The thread glows pink when illuminated by ultraviolet light.

Look carefully (magnification may be necessary) to see the small printed words THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA along the outer edge of the portrait’s oval frame.

A black seal to the left of the portrait bears the name of the distributing Federal Reserve Bank. 

Move your finger along the note’s surface to feel the raised printing, which gives genuine Federal Reserve notes their distinctive texture.

Federal Reserve note paper is one-fourth linen and three-fourths cotton, and contains red and blue security fibers.

The $100 note features a portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the front of the note.  The vignette on the back of the note changed in 1929 to feature Independence Hall.

A seal to the right of the portrait represents the U.S. Department of the Treasury.  The design of the seal was changed to incorporate an English inscription and appears on all Federal Reserve notes of the 1969 series year or later. 

A combination of numbers and letters appears twice on the front of the note.