MORE ON THE NEW AND IMPROVED CASH FOR WHICH WE WILL NEED A LOT. I KNOW THESE $100 BILLS WERE EXPECTED YEARS AGO. IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE 787 FOR BOEING.
WHAT IS THE ARRAIGN FOR THE DELAY? >> WELL, YOU MEXICOED THE NEW SECURITY FEATURES. THAT'S PART OF IT.
LIKE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PRIVATE LIFE, THE ROLLOUT OF THE BENJAMIN HAS BEEN COMPLICATED AND MESSY. YES, IT IS A VERY PRETTY BILL. THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH NEW SECURITY FEATURES WHICH CAUSED CREASES DURING PRINCIPLING WHICH LEFT BIG BLANK SPACES ON THE MONEY.
THAT SAID, THEY WORKED IT OUT AND IT IS A PRETTY HIGH-TECH PIECE OF PAPER. LOOK AT THIS PART HERE. YOU SEE THIS LITTLE INK WELL IN GOLD?
THERE IS A PICTURE OF A BELL INSIDE IN IT GOLD THAT YOU CAN'T SEE VERY MUCH. THIS IS COLOR SHIFTING INK. SO IF YOU ANGLE IT SOMEWHAT, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THE BELL POPS OUT IN GREEN.
SO DOES THIS NUMBER OVER HERE. BEN FRANKLIN'S COLLAR HAS VERY TINY WRITING ON IT THAT SAYS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALONG ITS EDGE. AND RIGHT HERE DOURG SEE THIS RIBBON THAT IS WOVEN THROUGH IT?
THIS IS A 3D TYPE OF RIBBON. IT HAS THE NUMBER 100 ON IT AND MORE OF THESE BELLS ON IT. WHEN YOU MIFT, THEY CHANGE BACK AND FORTH AND THEY SHIFT POSITION.
ANOTHER RIBBON EMBEDDED THAT GLOWS WITH ULTRA VIOLENT LIGHT. LET'S LOOK AT THE BACK. ON THE BACK YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE, I'LL FLIP IT OVER.
YOU SEE THE GREAT BIG 100 SO PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED CAN SEE IT BETTER AND DOWN HERE IS A BLANK SPACE. THAT IS CONTAINING A WATER MARK OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHICH YOU CAN SEE IF YOU HOLD IT TO THE LIFE. LITTLE GLASSES, A NOSE AND A MOUTH.
NOT SURE. BUT I THINK IT LOOKS SORT OF LIKE THAT. A LOT OF THE SECURITY FEATURES.
>> I WOULD LOVE IT IF THEY PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THERE. THEY WOULD HAVE JUSTIFICATION. IT IS AMAZING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES INTO A BILL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
HOW MANY OF THESE ARE IN CIRCULATION? >> YOU KNOW, MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. ABOUT 8.
6 BILLION OF THEM. THEY ARE, NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAY BLOW YOUR MIND A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW THE MOST POPULAR BILL IN THE COUNTRY.
THE ONE WE USE ALL THE TIME IS THE ONE. THE $100 IS THE MOST COMMON ONE AFTER THE ONE. THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS LOVED ALL AROUND THE PLANET.
NM PLACES, $100 BILL ARE USED AS A DEFACTO CURRENCY. EVEN THOUGH HERE YOU DON'T SEE THEY WILL ON THE STREETS SO MUCH. A LOT OF BUSINESSES WON'T TAKE THEM BUT THEY'RE ENORMOUSLY POPULAR OVERSEAS AS A COMMON CURRENCY.
IT IS BELIEVED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A HALF AND TWO-THIRDS OF ALL OF THE HUNDREDS THAT WE HAVE ARE HELD IN OTHER COUNTRIES. SO HOW MUCH IS THAT?
