Government shutdown can't stop the new Benjamins

New $100 bill debuts

The long-delayed new design for the $100 bill is finally hitting the streets. Designed to thwart overseas counterfeiting, this bill features a blue 3D security ribbon, ink that changes color from copper to green, and "$100s" on the front and back printed in gold. The bills were shipped out to the world on Tuesday, but it will probably take a while before they start showing up at banks. (Just in time for Christmas, if anyone wants to give me a few!)

Image courtesy United States Treasury