Check Out the New $100 Bill

Check it out, the $100 bill has a whole new look. The last time it was changed was in 1996. Trying to stay ahead of counterfeiters, the U.S. Treasury Department has added new security features to the paper, including watermarks and an embedded security thread.

Get this, the Associated Press says the new design that uses a new "moving" microprint technology is "something straight out of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." The $100 bill is the favorite target of counterfeiters, so the gov put a lot of new tech into the design.

You can learn more about the new $100 bill on the gov's website--it's pretty cool--you can take a virtual tour.