the new $100 bill came out on september 2014.
the new $100 bill came out on september 2014.
when did the new $100 bill come out?
september 2014
beginning in 2003, the federal reserve introduced a new series of bills, featuring images of national symbols of freedom. the new $20 bill was first issued on october 9, 2003; the new $50 on september 28, 2004; the new $10 bill on march 2, 2006; the new $5 bill on march 13, 2008; the new $100 bill on october 8, 2013. the one and two dollar bills still remain small portrait, unchanged, and not watermarked.









































all small-sized bills measure , with thickness of .
federal reserve note
in some cases, insisting on counting to make sure the money is all there is the basis for a clever scam. the scam is sometimes called the santo domingo sting, after an incident that took place there, reported by a journalist, joe harkins, who reported his involvement, in the early 1990s. it works in countries where only banks and other designated parties are allowed to hold and exchange the local currency for us dollars at an "official" rate that is significantly lower than the "street" rate. it also requires a greedy tourist who wants to beat the official rate by dealing with illegal money changers. a person posing as an illegal money changer will approach the tourist with an offer to buy dollars at an illegal rate that may be even higher than the street rate. the changer offers to buy only large us currency, typically, a 100 dollar bill. as soon as the victim (the "mark") shows his $100 bill, the changer will actually count out and clearly show the promised amount of local currency. he then will push the local currency into the hands of the "mark" and urge they be counted as he takes the $100. "see, you've got the money. i'll wait while you make sure. count it out loud so there is no mistake." and as the mark's careful count exceeds "street" rate, the changer pretends to realise he has overpaid the mark, and he becomes irrationally agitated and angry, accusing the mark of cheating. he grabs his money back, pushes the mark's bill back into his hands and takes back the pesos. the scam has been completed. the tourist has just lost $99. the mark has been handed back a prefolded $1 bill that has been swapped for the mark's $100 bill while he was distracted counting the local currency. (until recently, us currency was largely uniform in size and color, meaning that when folded, a $1 and a $100 bill were almost indistinguishable. even in 2014, careful folding of a us$100 bill easily conceals the switch). the money changer's pretended, but very credible, anger is a ruse to confuse the mark and delay his unfolding of the single bill until the scammer has departed.
list of confidence tricks