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| Emittent | Federal Reserve System |
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| Jahr | 1999-2003 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Größe | 156 x 66 mm |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Watermark, Security thread, Color-shifting ink |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Watermark portrait of Alexander Hamilton visible when held to light, embedded to the right of the printed portrait; polyester security thread inscribed USA TEN embedded vertically to the left of the portrait, glowing orange under ultraviolet light; color-shifting ink in the numeral 10 at lower right shifts from green to black when viewed at an angle. |
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| Anmerkungen |
The enlarged portrait format was introduced across U.S. currency beginning in 1996 as part of a major redesign driven by counterfeiting concerns — the Secret Service had documented a surge in high-quality reprographic fakes, particularly from Colombia, following the widespread availability of commercial color copiers and inkjet printers. The off-center portrait placement, a deliberate break from 130 years of centered design convention, created room for the finer background guilloche work that makes scanning and reproduction more difficult.
The embedded security thread on this series is UV-reactive and reads "USA TEN" — its precise vertical placement shifts depending on the issuing Federal Reserve Bank, a detail that tripped up early counterfeiters who used correctly positioned threads from other denominations.