Flashing a C-Note Just Got Flashier: New $100 Bill in Circulation

By Danna Walker

Ben Franklin's back and he's got a brand new look.

The Federal Reserve Board Tuesday began circulating a redesigned $100 note, "which incorporates new security features such as a blue, 3-D security ribbon, (that) will be easier for the public to authenticate but more difficult for counterfeiters to replicate," according to a news release from the Treasury.

The new bill will include raised printing, a color-changing bell atop an inkwell, and a newly designed watermark of Franklin's face on the right front of the note.

The design was unveiled three years ago, but its introduction was postponed following a production delay.