Since the central bank isn’t funded via Congressional appropriations, there won’t be any further delays distributing the new bills, even with the shutdown dragging into its second week.
The new $100 is the bill’s first redesign since 1996, when Ben Franklin’s head got bigger and a watermark was added. The design was announced in 2010 and is intended to thwart counterfeiters with bells and whistles like a 3-D blue security ribbon, ink that changes color from copper to green, and gold “100s” on the front and back.
Source: NBC News