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Security features on banknotes and coins are employed by mints, banks and government treasury departments to prevent counterfeiting, prove the authenticity of the money supply and track criminal activity.

List of Security features on banknotes[edit]

  • Transparent register: a design is printed that syncs between the obverse and reverse sides of the paper. When view back-lit, the competed design becomes visible with perfect intermeshing of shapes and colours.
  • Watermarks: when back-lit, a fait image is visible on the paper that is not visible under normal illumination.
  • Guillouch]]es: fine intertwined lines that change colour within the line themselves.
  • Kinegram: a specialised form of holographic image.


Kinebar