Julia Garcia, Texas Mom, Sues Walmart After She Says Store Employees Ripped Up Her Money

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32. There is no metallic strip in $100 bills

"The cashier proceeded to rip the $100 bill in half without performing any counterfeit detection tests. The metallic strip in the $100 bill was clearly visible."

It is actually a plastic strip that is very weakly magnetic. Hold it up to the light and look at it with a magnifying glass-- it should read USA 100, then the same upside down, in an alternating pattern.

The watermark on the redesigned notes should be clearly visible. Hold the note up to the light, and on the right side there should be a watermark portrait of Franklin.

There should also be tiny colored fibers in the paper (which is actually a kind of linen), and the 100 in the lower right corner should change color as you tilt the bill.