security features
NEW FEATURES: Spreading Fluorescence Thin
This article is part of a continuing series that looks at security features in development for the security paper industry.
The security paper industry is no stranger to the use of fluorescence. Often used in banknotes, fluorescence provides a unique security device that can only be revealed under ultra violet (UV) lights.
On the [...]
NEW FEATURES: Forensic Fingerprinting
It may sound like something straight out of the crime-drama CSI, but scientists in Brazil and the US are developing a method of identifying “fingerprints” on banknotes in order to spot counterfeits.
The process is done using what chemists call a “mass spectrometric technique” that can detect the authenticity of a banknote in seconds.
This technique allows [...]
BSP Redesigns Banknotes to Keep Up With Security Technology
In an effort to keep up to date with anti-counterfeiting technology and increasingly high-tech security features on banknotes around the world, the Bankgko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in the Phillipines announced this week that it will launch a new series of banknotes in December 2010.
“We want to take advantage of these technologies,” BSP Monetary Stability [...]
How Computer Software Can Prevent Counterfeiting
With the onset of devices like colour photocopiers, personal printers, and high-quality photo printers readily available on the market, security features on banknotes are at an all time high when it comes to the technology they employ.
While security features embedded in banknotes are the first line of defense when it comes to protection against counterfeiting, [...]
NEW FEATURES: Pixelating Watermarks
This article is part of a continuing series that looks at security features in development for the security paper industry.
One of the most familiar – and recognizable – banknote security features is the watermark. First introduced in the 13th century in Italy, a watermark is an image or pattern on the security paper that [...]
Canadian Business Magazine: “Counterfeiting Cat-and-Mouse”
Currency makers are fighting a constant battle to stay ahead of counterfeiters, and the bills in your wallet are the product of countless hours of R&D, combining some of the latest developments in chemistry, physics and material science. And with both Canada and the U.S. introducing new bills next year, they’re about to become a [...]
NEW FEATURES: How Butterflies Could Help Protect Banknotes
While we often write about security devices that have already been introduced in banknotes, this week we launch the first part in a continuing series called “New Features” looking at features that are in development but have yet to be adopted by the industry.
In the world of banknote security, anti-counterfeit technology has to be developed [...]
“At Any Given Time, $200M in Bogus US Bills Is In Circulation Worldwide”
The big business of fake money: The new $100 bill is the U.S. government’s latest bid to stay one step ahead of counterfeiters.
How widespread is counterfeiting?
At any given time, some $200 million in bogus U.S. bills is in circulation worldwide, authorities say. About $60 million of those fakes circulates through the U.S. each year. Counterfeiting [...]
South Africa Recalls Old R200 Banknotes Due To Counterfeit Concerns
A month before the World Cup of soccer is set to take place in South Africa, the country’s central bank is recalling its old series of 200-rand banknotes citing a huge prevalence of counterfeits as the primary reason for its withdrawal.
“This year we have seen an increased number of counterfeit notes,” said Aboobaker Ismail, head [...]
“Dramatic Increase” in Fake US Bills North of the Border
The RCMP Winnipeg Commercial Crime Section said last week they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of counterfeit US $100 banknotes being passed in Edmonton and surrounding areas.
The fake notes are very good quality, they reported, and contain security features that closely mimic those found in genuine notes.
Though the United States recently announced [...]
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