NEXT GENERATION US$100 BILL TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 8

After much delay, the latest version of the $100 bill, with enhanced security features, is scheduled for national release on October 8. Those readers who remember my article on the theft, last October, of the Federal shipment of the new $100 notes, while en route from the airport in Philadelphia, to a storage center in New Jersey, are probably wondering of the thieves have been impatiently hoarding their booty for the past year, waiting for this day, or whether they have already fenced them.

In any event, if you are not familiar with the new bill, check out the illustration above.