It had suffered through several glitches that delayed it's production, from it's initial release date of April 2010.
New bills will be released once an inventory of 3.6 billion bills has been reached.
Currently about nine billion hundred dollar bills are in use, throughout the world.
Hundred dollar bills are the most widely used and counterfeited, outside of the US, so a lot of effrt went into making the new bills "counterfeit proof".
The new security ribbon contains images of bells and the numeral "100" that move as the note is turned.
Another feature is a picture of the Liberty Bell that changes colors from copper to green and disappears into an inkwell image when it’s tilted.
Bills last about fifteen years before they become too worn to be circulated any more.
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