100 dollars. New 100 dollars. Denomination of 100 dollars

The first dollar bills appeared more than a hundred and fifty years ago. During this time they repeatedly changed the size and design, but still remain the most popular in the world. In turnover, you can often find treasury tickets with a face value of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 US dollars. Less often - two dollars. But there are also banknotes of a larger denomination: five hundred, one thousand, ten and one hundred thousand. No one saw them in circulation for one simple reason: the government banned their export from the country. Paper money with a face value of $ 100,000 is used only for settlements between banks.

A denomination of $ 100 with the portrait of Franklin has become widespread throughout the world. For this it is very fond of and often counterfeit counterfeiters. She changed her appearance several times. In different years it depicted birds, admirals and even wives of governors. But first things first.

First appearance

For the first time, a denomination worth a hundred dollars of the United States appeared in 1862. Then it depicted a bald eagle - the national bird of the country. Around the same time, the South States began to issue their treasury tickets with portraits of two defense ministers and the wife of Governor Lucy Pickens.

Further development

In 1863, the banknote depicted Oliver Perry, leaving his ship "Lourens". In 1869, for the first time, a portrait of Abraham Lincoln appeared along with the symbolic image of the Reconstruction. The series was called "rainbow" because of the use of bright colors.

Next on banknotes of $ 100 printed portraits of Thomas Benton (1871), James Monroe (1878), David Furragat (1890). It is worth noting that the portraits of all these figures somehow appeared on the paper money of later editions. The portrait of the scientist Benjamin Franklin was first printed on a banknote in 1914.

Franklin's statement

In the 20-ies of the twentieth century, the size of the bill decreased by 30% in order to reduce production costs. Since 1923, Benjamin Franklin was finally entrenched in paper money denominations of $ 100. The photo shown below confirms that its design was more and more like a modern one.

In 1969, President Nixon banned the issuance of banknotes with a face value of more than $ 100. Now they are collectible specimens and are worth more than their denomination. With the growth of popularity, a hundred-dollar bill was often forged. Therefore, in 1991, it was applied to additional protection elements, such as microprinting and metal protective thread. In 1996, Franklin's portrait received a watermark, and the serial number - an additional letter.

The last update of the $ 100 note

In April 2010, they announced the launch of a new series of paper money, which was developed in 2009. Its release was planned for 2011, but the government of the United States of America announced a marriage during production, so their release was postponed for two years.

On October 8 last year, the US introduced a new $ 100. The banknote received an additional level of protection. It prints new watermarks, there is also an additional thread and a three-dimensional protective film, which is woven into a bill. Another innovation: when turning the bells transformed into a digit hundred, and the one that is located to the right of the portrait of Benjamin Franklin, changes color to copper or green. New levels of protection have affected the cost of making a banknote of $ 100. She went up three cents.

Dollar Sign

The word "dollar" appeared much earlier than the monetary unit. There are many versions as to which language it was taken from. Some scientists claim that the word came from the name "Joachimstaler" - a Czech coin of the late 16th century. Others believe that the Americans borrowed the name of their currency from the Danes, which the thalers called "dallers." Be that as it may, the US is the first country to use this word to refer to a monetary unit.

No less interesting is the history of the symbol of the dollar. According to the official version, he owes the appearance of the Spanish peso. On the coin, two columns were engraved - symbols of the Gibraltar pillars. It is a prototype of two vertical sticks in the sign. The second version of the appearance of the symbol says that the sign was formed from the American abbreviation of the United States (U and S). From the letter U, the lower part disappeared - so appeared two vertical sticks. Over the next centuries, there were other versions of the origin of the symbol.

• "Germanic": on the obverse of the coin was depicted the crucified Jesus, and on the reverse - a snake, wrapping the cross.
• "Portuguese": the dollar sign came from a symbol very similar to it - "digito" (digitally), which denotes a point or comma separating entire parts from fractional ones.

Key elements of the bill

The inscription In God We Trust since 1963 constantly appears on banknotes. She was first ordered to coinage Salmon Chase on coins in two cents back in 1864. At the same time, the US government passed a law that forbade portraits of living people to be portrayed on bills. The reason was a scandal. Spencer Clark, who headed the currency office, placed his own portrait on a five-dollar bill. The experiment would go unnoticed if Clark did not enter into a sexual relationship with one of his subordinates. This quickly became known to the public. To protect the dollar from shame, the government made the appropriate decision.

On the reverse side of the banknote the main symbols of the country are placed:

• The Lincoln Memorial - at $ 5;
• The Ministry of Finance and the White House - $ 10 and $ 20;
• The Capitol - at $ 50;
• Independence Hall - on a bill of 100 dollars.

Portraits of persons who signed the Declaration of Independence are placed on a two-dollar bill.

The most memorable items

Above the head of the eagle in the first series of treasury tickets was a Latin inscription "One of many", the meaning of which is still incomprehensible. One of the banknotes depicted a pyramid that symbolizes the growth and aspiration for the perfection of the United States, and the "All-Seeing Eye" on the top of the pyramid is a divine power. The inscriptions on the top and bottom symbolized a new era. All these elements first appeared on the money of the sample of the 18th century. Use them suggested typographer, publicist, diplomat, scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin.

Printing on banknotes lasted only a few decades, and then disappeared until the 1930s. It was returned by Franklin Roosevelt. He viewed this element as a symbol of the power of the American people. Despite reports of Masonic symbols, Roosevelt left a seal on the bill.

For the first time the green color on treasury tickets appeared in 1929. This paint was cheap enough, and the shade caused confidence and optimism. Recently, new notes have appeared on the bills - yellow and pink.

Making out bills

All banknotes are equipped with a facsimile signature of officials who were in charge of finance. Initially, there were signatures of real officials, while in 1776 the separatists did not decide to create their own currency - "continental". On the bills were signed hundreds of different respected, but little-known people. In 1863, the signatures were replaced by facsimiles.

The denomination is made by a metallographic method with a deep seal. The color scale, the location of the main elements approximately coincide with the coloring and position of the elements on paper money of a smaller denomination. The series is listed at the bottom left. The only banknote on which the portrait of a celebrity is shown in full width, and the denomination is indicated in figures, is $ 100. The size of the treasury ticket is 156 x 67 mm.