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100 Dollars Federal Reserve Note, small portrait
| Issuer | Federal Reserve System |
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| Year | 1963-1988 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars (100 USD) |
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| Obverse lettering | FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FRANKLIN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
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| Protection type | Security thread |
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The "small portrait" designation distinguishes this series from the 1996 redesign that shifted to enlarged, off-center portraits across the dollar range. These notes circulated during a period when the hundred-dollar bill was already the dominant denomination for large-cash transactions, illicit or otherwise — by the 1980s, the Federal Reserve estimated a significant share of all $100 notes in existence were held outside the United States, primarily in Latin America and later Eastern Europe.
The embedded security thread — running vertically and readable under UV — was added to the series in 1990 (Series 1990), making pre-thread examples from the earlier part of this date range straightforwardly distinguishable. Notes from 1963–1988 without the thread were legal tender until formally displaced, though the Fed has never officially demonetized any modern Federal Reserve note.