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Message:: [QUOTE="Hobo, post: 312427, member: 11521"]That's why the BEP has redesigned the $5 FRN. There are similarities between the $5 & $100 that counterfeiters use to their advantage. On current $5 & $100 Federal Reserve Notes the security threads and the watermarks (both portraits) are in similar locations. Counterfeiters bleach all the printing off a $5 FRN so they have genuine note paper with genuine security features on which to print their counterfeit $100. The BEP is eliminating these similarities on the new $5 FRN. On the new $5 FRN, due to be released in March '08, the security thread has been moved to the other side of Lincoln's portrait and the watermark has been changed from Lincoln's portrait to a large numeral 5. The $100 FRN is also undergoing a redesign.[/QUOTE]