2009 $100 Are They Out Yet

The Series 2009 $100 bill has yet to be released, as there was a problem with sporatic creasing of the paper and other problems with the printing process. The problem has supposedly been solved, but it delayed the release date which is yet to be determined, however it is supposed to be released some time this year, after a six months notice from the Feds, which has not been given yet.

I don't think anyone knows when they will come out. However, there will likely be lots of news when they do come out.

westernsky,

Yep, they want the new high-tech colorized $100 bills to take over faster than the other denominations did, even though they claim that the current $100 bill is still effective in anti-counterfeiting, but if that is so, and they are still going to shred current $100s when the new $100s are released, regardless of the current $100 (which will then be the "old" $100) I'm wondering why they want the current/old $100s out of circulation so soon.

On another note, as I have said, with the next currency redesign, coming up soon for the blind and visually impaired, since the $2 bill is getting redesigned that time around, I really wonder if the Feds will begin pulling all currenct style $2 bills out of circulation, since $2 bills last sometimes for decades, and the Feds may want the "Meaningful Access" $2 bills to take over the old current style $2 bills to add more "visually impaired friendly $2 bills" into circulation. I'm thinking that the next currency redesign may even kick off in 2014 with the redesigned $2 bill, seeing as the BEP just printed a batch of Series 2009 current style $2 bills that was only large enough to last until 2014, and 2013 marks the 10 year aniversary of the current currency redesign, with the current new colorized $100 bill being released some time this year (2003-2013) (the Serues 2004 $20 bill was released in 2003) and the Treasury has stated that the U.S. currency will be redesigned every 7-10 years or so, so "Series 2014" should come out as the redesign, and I am wondering if the Treasury or BEP will unveil any new designs for the Meaningful Access redesign this year or not, and I am also wondering if they might be stockpiling up on redesigned $2 bills to help transition from the $1 bill to dollar coins. And I also wonder if, once the $2 bill is redesigned for the Meaningful Access redesign, I wonder if it will be redesigned every 7-10 years like all other denominations (remember, at one time, there were no plans to give the $5 bill the NexGen colorized redesign, until the Feds detected a problem with the $5 and $100 bill's securiry features being in the same places, and counterfeiters were bleaching old non-colorized $5 bills and printing fake non-colorized $100s on the $5 bill paper, so I wonder if both the $5 bill and the $2 bill will continue to be redesigned every 7-10 years as a result, even though the $2 bill may not need the redesign, just to keep it looking like its in the same family of currency. Then, instead of redesigning the old style $1 bill, they could let it die for the dollar coin, and let the redesigned, refreshed $2 bill be its successor.

Just thought that even if they were getting ready to put out into circulation that could have caused more delay since theft was involved. Now if someone tries to pass one there would be an issue since they are stolen and they for sure would know. If the rest are put out in circulation the stolen ones would be easier to use

Just checked the BEP website and there is still no date defined for release. There is a video here...

http://www.newmoney.gov/media/update.htm

...that says when they finally are ready to release them into the wild that the BEP will give 6 months notice to allow businesses enough time to prepare. So we're still a ways out.