Over the last fifteen years or so, the government has been struggling to stop counterfeiters and to stay ahead of the technology that counterfeiters use. That has meant redesigning our currency to add certain features that are not copied with high tech computers and copiers. The old "threads" in the paper just aren't enough anymore, so now we have ribbons woven into the paper with security features printed on the ribbons and watermarks in paper and micro printing which cannot be photocopied at your local copy store or using your office copier. And soon (maybe) the newest of the anti-counterfeiter currency will be released-- the new $100 bill with the very prominent "blue ribbon" that will contain images that will change shape and appear to move as the bill is tilted. This is being called a "3D ribbon" because of how it will appear to move and change. Take a look at our new page about the $100 bill to see illustrations of the new $100 bill and please read our warning so that you are not tricked or fooled when the new $100 bill starts to circulate.
Here is our new page about our "money" and the new $100 bill: http://alanbestbuys.com/id239.html
While the new bills are needed, I am also concerned by the amount of "new money" including coins that are being released. My concern is that the designs are changing so frequently -- especially with coins -- that you have to stop and look to be sure you are not accepting a carnival token or a foreign coin by mistake. When the State Quarters program started some of the quarters did resemble tokens used in game rooms. And the new pennies with the shield on the back, or those other pennies with illustrations of Abe Lincolns history also make you look twice.
I'm all for having commemorative coins and new paper money to stop counterfeiters, but I am also opposed to having so many changes in our money that we have to stop and wonder if the money we are getting is real.
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