程阳：美国财政部公布新版百元美钞
   US Treasury Introduces the new 100 dollar bill

• 2010年4月21日发布，百元美钞三分之二在世界各地流通，为了使全世界熟悉，2011年2月10日正式流通。
• 增加了两项新的防伪功能：有一道安全防伪蓝色带，重叠许多钟的三维图案与数字100，视角变化小钟与100会转换；正面弗兰克林、背面费城独立厅图案基本不变，但头像右侧墨水池图案颜色会从铜色变绿色。

U.S. financial authorities showed on Wednesday its new $100 bill, which contains more security tools to combat counterfeiting.

The old bills will remain in circulation even when the new 100 dollar bill start to move in February 2011, explained senior officials of the US Treasury and Federal Reserve.

The new 100 dollar bill retains the traditional look, with the portrait of Benjamin Franklin, but contains a security tape alternating three-dimensional images of bells and the number 100 is tilted to change the viewing angle.

It also has the image of a bell in the front that changes from copper color to green when tilted.

“Like the previous redesigns of U.S. currency, this bill incorporates the best technology available to ensure that we stay ahead of counterfeiters,” he said in a statement Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

The new $100 bill is the most counterfeited outside the United States because of its wide circulation.

statement that unlike the past when the majority of dollar bills circulating in the United States, now nearly two thirds of the 890 billion dollars in banknotes circulate outside the country.

Bernanke said the authorities will work to inform people around the world about the new design and stressed that the old bills will continue to circulate.

“It’s important to understand that when the new ticket is issued on February 10, 2011, the nearly 6,500 million dollars in $100 bills with the old design still in circulation will remain a legal tender,” said Bernanke.

The Fed chief added that the new 100 dollar bill was important for the U.S. economy.

“A strong currency is a pillar of a strong economy. Therefore, the Government of the United States must stay ahead of counterfeiters and protect the integrity of our currency,” he said.

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US Treasury: New 100 dollar bill needs 3D tech

On Wednesday, the US Treasury introduced a new 100 dollar bill, which is slated to go into circulation early in 2011. The new 100 dollar bill includes a "3D Security Ribbon" and a color-changing inkwell.

Benjamin Franklin gets to stay. So does the official stamp of the Federal Reserve System. But the rest of the $100 bill – the most frequently counterfeited note, according to government officials – is getting a radically revamped look. On Wednesday, the US Treasury took the wraps off of a new $100 bill, which Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says would be exponentially more difficult for criminals to copy.

"As with previous US currency redesigns, this note incorporates the best technology available to ensure we're staying ahead of counterfeiters," Mr. Geithner says in a statement. So what's so great about the new $100 bill, anyway? In a word: state-of-the-art science. The new $100 bill gets an array of security features, including an image of the Liberty Bell which reportedly changes color from copper to green when the note is tilted.

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But the biggest upgrade is a blue "3D Security Ribbon." That's right: the same 3D craze that swept through movie theaters, television screens, and video game systems, is now coming to the pocket of a well-heeled American near you. US Treasury says the 3D ribbon would appear on the front of new $100 notes, which are set to enter circulation in February 2011.

The strip contains a series of images of bells and digits; tip the note, and the images come into 3D relief. And you don't even need a pair of those dorky 3D glasses to make sure you're looking at a genuine Benjamin. "It only takes a few seconds to check the new $100 note and know it's real," says Larry R. Felix, Director of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/0421/US-Treasury-New-100-dollar-bill-needs-3D-tech

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