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Check Out The Amazing $100 Bills That Are Literally Breaking The Fed's Printing Presses
The Federal Reserve's printing presses are broken, but not for the reason you might think.
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The new $100 bill, packed with anti-counterfeiting features and a bright new design, has caused Fed printers to fail.
The printing process has been stopped because 1.1 billion notes ended up flawed in production.
That means there is $110 billion in new currency flawed and unusable sitting at the Fed, according to CNBC.
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But just how complex is this new currency? It's full of new security features like counterfeiting strips and images.
Editor's note: This feature was produced by former Business Insider writer Vincent Veneziani.
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