counterfeiters with an inkjet printer and toilet paper<\/a> {Details} to pass off realistic looking fakes. Though we have to say, doesn’t this seem like the result of too many late nights with flashy millionaires?<\/p>\nMillionaire<\/em>: “You know, I’m thinking about getting into music, and I want to flash money, but this current design… it just doesn’t pop. I might have to switch to Euros.”<\/p>\nFederal Reserve designer<\/em>: “We’re working on it, we’re thinking about adding some color. What do you think about a bright stripe right down the middle?”<\/p>\nMillionaire<\/em>: “Not enough!”<\/p>\nFederal Reserve designer<\/em>: “Okay, what if we make it 3D?!”<\/p>\nMillionaire<\/em>: “I’m listening…”<\/p>\nFederal Reserve designer<\/em>: “And then add little 100s and some bells”<\/p>\nMillionaire<\/em>: “Go on”<\/p>\nFederal Reserve designer<\/em>: “Oooh, oh! Then we could do an overlay that looks like a tattoo of the constitution. I know Ed Hardy’s big, we could work that style in there”<\/p>\nMillionaire<\/em>: “Now that<\/em> I can throw at the camera! That’s hot, but I think that’s eno–”<\/p>\nFederal Reserve designer<\/em>: “–And then we make part of it shine! And change color in the light!”<\/p>\nMillionaire<\/em>: “Uhrmm…”<\/p>\nAt least that’s how we think the design process went. Flashy millionaires, rappers who want to bring the 90s back and people who just like their C-notes with a little bit of pizazz can pick up one of the new $100 bills on February 10, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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