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<p>[QUOTE="clayirving, post: 1086302, member: 18867"]Everyone seems to enjoy the thread, so let's look at security features for another note. Series 1996 $50 Federal Reserve Notes have a complete redesign after almost 70 years of small size notes. The notes have a new enlarged portrait of U. S. Grant with a watermark of the portrait to the right of the Treasury Seal:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/2126L-003.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The image above also shows the number "50" printed in dichroic ink (dichroic ink causes visible light to be split up into distinct beams of different wavelengths and colors) on the lower right side of the note, and the plastic security strip that glows yellow under UV light:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/2126L-004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Micro-letters are used at the base of the portrait and in the borders of the note:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/2126L-002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clayirving, post: 1086302, member: 18867"]Everyone seems to enjoy the thread, so let's look at security features for another note. Series 1996 $50 Federal Reserve Notes have a complete redesign after almost 70 years of small size notes. The notes have a new enlarged portrait of U. S. Grant with a watermark of the portrait to the right of the Treasury Seal: [IMG]http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/2126L-003.jpg[/IMG] The image above also shows the number "50" printed in dichroic ink (dichroic ink causes visible light to be split up into distinct beams of different wavelengths and colors) on the lower right side of the note, and the plastic security strip that glows yellow under UV light: [IMG]http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/2126L-004.jpg[/IMG] Micro-letters are used at the base of the portrait and in the borders of the note: [IMG]http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/2126L-002.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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