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FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES: New SECURITY ADDED

U.S. LARGE SIZE U.S. SMALL SIZE OBSOLETES WORLD CANADA MEXICO CUBA BATTLESHIP OCEAN LINER 3 DENOMINATION WWII SPECIALTYSILVER CERTIFICATES LEGAL TENDER NOTES FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES GOLD CERTIFICATES NATIONAL BANK NOTES FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTES PHILIPPINES BEP WWII1928 Numeric 1928 Alpha 1934 No Gold 1934 New Fed Res Seal 1950 Design Update 1963 Obligation Change New Treasury Seal New Security Monochrome Colorized
Two new visible security features were introduced to the Series 1990 through Series 1995. $1 and $2 banknotes did not receive these additions as the U.S. Treasury did not believe the low denominations were a counterfeiting concern. The first security feature was a security thread was embedded into the substrate for the $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills each with a different location. According to the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, when the notes are held to ultraviolet light they glow different colors; $5-blue, $10-orange, $20-green, $50-yellow, and the $100-pink. The second security feature was microprinting added to the upper half on the left and right sides of the center portrait. The text repeats "The United States of America". When viewed from arms length the microprinting appears to be a second border line. These were added to the Series 1990, 1993 and 1995 Federal Reserve Notes.
Note: It's worth mentioning that the Bank of England was the first country to embed security threads into banknotes beginning in 1948 forty two years before the U.S.
I have included a Series 1995 $1 (Error Note) & $2 to "complete the issue" for the time period.
$5 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 1985-I
$5 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 1985-I
$10 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 2032-I
$10 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 2032-I
$20 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 2082-I
$20 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 2082-I
$50 Series 1990 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 2124-I
$50 Series 1990 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 2124-I
$100 Series 1990 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 2173-I
$100 Series 1990 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 2173-I
$1 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 1922-IPartial Offset Printing Error - High I-H Block #
$1 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 1922-I
$2 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 1936-I✫
$2 Series 1995 Federal Reserve Note Fr. 1936-I✫
U.S. LARGE SIZE U.S. SMALL SIZE OBSOLETES WORLD CANADA MEXICO CUBA BATTLESHIP OCEAN LINER 3 DENOMINATION WWII SPECIALTYSILVER CERTIFICATES LEGAL TENDER NOTES FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES GOLD CERTIFICATES NATIONAL BANK NOTES FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTES PHILIPPINES BEP1928 Numeric 1928 Alpha 1934 No Gold 1934 New Fed Res Seal 1950 Design Update 1963 Obligation Change New Treasury Seal New Security Monochrome Colorized

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