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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 304242, member: 8033&quot;]Didn&#039;t know off the top of my head so I googled Security Thread. Apparently that&#039;s easier than trying to find in on the BEP website.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; Pre-1996 Series Security Features&nbsp; </p><p>Security Thread A security thread is a thin thread or ribbon running through a bank note substrate. All 1990 series and later notes, except the $1 and $2 notes, include this feature. The note’s denomination is printed on the thread. In addition, the threads of the new $5, $10, $20 and $50 notes have graphics in addition to the printed denomination. The denomination number appears in the star field of the flag printed on the thread. The thread in the new notes glows when held under a long-wave ultraviolet light. In the new $5 it glows blue, in the new $10 it glows orange, in the new $20 note it glows green, in the new $50 note it glows yellow, and in the new $100 note it glows red. Since it is visible in transmitted light, but not in reflected light, the thread is difficult to copy with a color copier which uses reflected light to generate an image. Using a unique thread position for each denomination guards against certain counterfeit techniques, such as bleaching ink off a lower denomination and using the paper to &quot;reprint&quot; the bill as a higher value note.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Microprinting This print appears as a thin line to the naked eye, but the lettering easily can be read using a low-power magnifier. The resolution of most current copiers is not sufficient to copy such fine print. On the newly designed $5, microprinting can be found in the side borders and along the lower edge of the portrait&#039;s frame on the face of the note. On the new $10, microprinting appears in the numeral &quot;10&quot; in the lower left-hand corner and along the lower edge of the portrait&#039;s frame on the face of the note. On the Series 1996 $20 notes, microprinting appears in the lower left corner numeral and along the lower edge ornamentation of the oval framing the portrait. On the $50 notes, microprinting appears on the side borders and in Ulysses Grant&#039;s collar. On the $100 notes, microprinting appears in the lower left corner numeral and on Benjamin Franklin&#039;s coat. In 1990, 1993 and 1995 series notes, &quot;The United States of America&quot; is printed repeatedly in a line outside the portrait frame. &quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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