$20 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 text USA TWENTY and a small flag in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note.  The thread glows green when illuminated by ultraviolet light.

Hold the note to light and look for a faint image of President Jackson 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 20 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 text USA TWENTY and a small flag in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note.  The thread glows green when illuminated by ultraviolet light.

Hold the note to light and look for a faint image of President Jackson 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 20 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 Federal Reserve Bank seal.  The thread is imprinted with the letters USA and the word TWENTY in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note.  The thread glows green 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.

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

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

The portrait and vignette was changed in 1929 to feature President Jackson on the front of the note and the White House on the back of the note.

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

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

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

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

The portrait and vignette was changed in 1929 to feature President Jackson on the front of the note and the White House on the back of the note.

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

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.