Feel The Note

• Run fingers over Franklin's portrait
• Feel raised texture in borders and numerals
• Detect the distinctive paper texture
• Genuine printing feels slightly rough

Tilt The Note

• Tilt to check color-shifting ink
• Watch the inkwell bell shift copper to green
• Watch numeral 100 shift copper to green
• Confirm the security thread reacts

Check With Light

• Hold the note to a light source
• Find the faint Franklin watermark
• Confirm watermark visible from both sides
• Locate the embedded security thread

Paper Blend

• Inspect for 75% cotton, 25% linen feel
• Look closely for embedded fibers
• Spot tiny red and blue fibers
• Reject smooth or waxy paper stock

Security Thread

• Hold to light, left of portrait
• Confirm the thread reads USA 100
• Check that it glows pink under UV
• Verify thread embeds, not prints

Color-Shift Check

• Tilt the large numeral 100
• Confirm copper-to-green shift
• Tilt the bell inside the inkwell
• Reject flat, non-shifting ink

Front And Back

• Front: thread left of Franklin
• Front: shifting bell and numeral
• Back: watermark right of portrait
• Cross-check both faces before accepting