# New US$100 Notes (Again) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883 "2010-04-21T17:26:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/1 "2010-04-21T17:26:24Z")
New C-notes coming out again! Pretty with colors and ribbons! [http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/Splashpage.aspx](http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/Splashpage.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/2 "2010-04-21T17:39:00Z")
Too bad that most of that website is broken. (Not that I ever see $100 bills…) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/3 "2010-04-21T17:44:50Z")
These new bills don’t light cigars nearly as well as the older ones. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/4 "2010-04-21T17:48:27Z")
Oooh, pretty. Did anyone else notice that Ben looks like he’s sleeping in the watermark? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/5 "2010-04-21T17:49:02Z")
Nice video, but I kept waiting for an eagle to screech and then Stephen Colbert to come walking out. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/6 "2010-04-21T17:56:51Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > These new bills don’t light cigars nearly as well as the older ones. First dip them in Courvosier. Yeah, the site needs a little work. **Paul** , was it you that came in with the new penny thread? Started getting those a couple of weeks back. Love the look. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/7 "2010-04-21T17:57:20Z")
Did you see the fine print? "By accepting this promissory note, you have sold your soul to the Federal Reserve System, which is not Federal, nor a Reserve nor a System. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/8 "2010-04-21T20:36:54Z")
They need to make Ben have blinky eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/9 "2010-04-21T23:18:24Z")
I hear Ben was a real “playa” if you know what I mean? They outta put something on the bill to reflect that ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/10 "2010-04-21T23:53:08Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I hear Ben was a real “playa” if you know what I mean? They outta put something on the bill to reflect that Marie Antoinette? ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/11 "2010-04-21T23:58:11Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Did you see the fine print? "By accepting this promissory note, you have sold your soul to the Federal Reserve System, which is not Federal, nor a Reserve nor a System. Talk amongst yourselves. I’m getting all verklempt. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/12 "2010-04-22T00:03:42Z")
$100 bills aren’t much good. Most stores and restaurants I visit won’t take them unless the change is less than $20. Eat a $30 meal and they want something smaller than a $100. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/13 "2010-04-22T00:07:31Z")
A new $100 bill? You mean they haven’t made a coin for that yet? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/14 "2010-04-22T01:21:14Z")
It’s actually quite handsome! (As long as it keeps still, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/15 "2010-04-22T01:27:50Z")
I think it looks ugly as anything. The blue holographic stripe down the middle is horrific. The enormous gold “100” reminds me of the giant wheel on “The Price is Right.” And finally, with all these half dozen super-cool, hard-to-copy security features (holograms, etc), who wants to bet that the lady behind the counter is just going to mark it with here purple felt pen to see if it is fake? ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/16 "2010-04-22T01:31:54Z")
plastic not paper, Last week a bar in Utah had 13 US one dollar bills placed in the tip jar- some had blank back sides… ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/17 "2010-04-22T03:07:31Z")
It’s very busy looking, and the blue ribbon down the middle is quite ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/18 "2010-04-22T03:24:16Z")
And I’m going to say what I always say when they come out with new money designed to thwart counterfeiters…If I was a counterfeiter I would just continue to produce the old bills. As long as the don’t retire old money IMO creating new designs does nothing whatsoever to stop counterfeiters. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/19 "2010-04-22T03:46:23Z")
I suppose the last redesign that too the B of P & E to do, was mastered by the Iranians in about 20 minutes. You’ll note the new note is not printed on high-security plastic as is done in advanced countries. Like Australia. ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883/20 "2010-04-22T06:18:28Z")
Am I the only one actually wondering how much that thing costs? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-100-notes-again/536883.md?page=2)