$20 USD note & bill

$20 Note (2003-Present)

The 2003 new-design $20 note features subtle background colors of green and peach. The $20 note includes an embedded security thread that glows green when illuminated by UV light. When held to light, a portrait watermark of President Jackson is visible from both sides of the note. In addition, the note includes a color-shifting numeral 20 in the lower right corner of the note.

Security Thread

Hold the note to light to see an embedded thread running vertically to the left of the portrait.  The thread is imprinted with the text USA TWENTY and a small flag in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note.  The thread glows green when illuminated by ultraviolet light.

Watermark

Hold the note to light and look for a faint image of President Jackson in the blank space to the right of the portrait.  The image is visible from both sides of the note.

Color-Shifting Ink

Tilt the note to see the numeral 20 in the lower right corner of the front of the note shift from copper to green.

$20 Note (2003-Present)

The $20 note features subtle background colors of green and peach. The $20 note includes an embedded security thread that glows green when illuminated by UV light. When held to light, a portrait watermark of President Jackson is visible from both sides of the note.The note includes a color-shifting numeral 20 in the lower right corner of the note.