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What security feature appears on a current-design $20 note?

A color-shifting numeral and a security thread.

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  1. A color-shifting numeral and a security thread ✔
  2. A golden frame
  3. A blinking light

Why: Current-design $20 notes have an embedded security thread and a numeral 20 that shifts from copper to green when tilted.

Huh, didn't know that: Check a current-design $20 note by tilting it and holding it up to the light.

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Answer: A color-shifting numeral and a security thread. Current-design $20 notes have an embedded security thread and a numeral 20 that shifts from copper to green when tilted.

  1. U.S. Currency Education Program $20 Note www.uscurrency.gov/denominations/20?page=2
    The $20 note includes an embedded security thread that glows green when illuminated by UV light.
    Checked 2026-10-11.
  2. U.S. Currency Education Program $20 Note www.uscurrency.gov/denominations/20?page=2
    the note includes a color-shifting numeral 20 in the lower right corner of the note.
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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