Two banknotes featuring Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) technology received the “Regional Banknote of the Year Award” at the High Security Printing (HSP) EMEA industry conference: Lesotho’s first Green Banknote and Morocco’s new 100-dirham banknote.  Each year at the HSP Conference, banknotes that combine outstanding design, technical sophistication, and the highest security standardsRead More…

Two banknotes featuring Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) technology received the “Regional Banknote of the Year Award” at the High Security Printing (HSP) EMEA industry conference: Lesotho’s first Green Banknote and Morocco’s new 100-dirham banknote.  Each year at the HSP Conference, banknotes that combine outstanding design, technical sophistication, and the highest security standardsRead More…

Germany’s Louisenthal and France’s IDEMIA were joint winners of the ‘Best Applied Security Product’ category. The Reserve Bank of Malawi’s new 5,000 Kwacha features a LEAD foil stripe from Louisenthal, which appears on the left of the notes and displays a combination of vibrant effects and tones created from holographic and micro-mirror technologies. TheRead More…

According to a press release, the Central Bank of Iraq announced that it has added the feature of protecting banknotes from bacteria and viruses, including the Corona virus strain, which will soon be put into circulation, by adding the biological pesticide developed by international companies specialized in printing banknotes inRead More…

Danmarks Nationalbank closed its internal Banknote Printing Works at the end of 2016 and has since outsourced this function to an external supplier. In 2019, Danmarks Nationalbank contracted with Oberthur Fiduciaire to produce 4,800,000 new 100- and 500-krone notes for the Faroe Islands. It is unclear if the new notesRead More…

Holography plays a central role in protecting banknotes against counterfeiting, says Dr Paul Dunn of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, who considers current developments. Holograms are at the forefront of an integral array of overt features that appear on current banknotes, providing a highly effective, evolving weapon in the battle to thwartRead More…

Innovative new holography devices that provide improved protection from counterfeiting for banknotes, have won international awards organised by the industry trade body, the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA). Germany’s Louisenthal with its micromirror and hologram LEAD project scooped the top slot in the ‘Best Applied Security Product’ category at the Excellence in Holography Awards 2020, which wasRead More…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 17, 2020CONTACT: Deborah MuehleisenE-mail: pr@money.org ANA Board of Governors to Consider Alternate Options The American Numismatic Association (ANA) announced today the suspension of the 2020 World’s Fair of Money®. The show, originally scheduled for August 4-8 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the largest annual coin and paper-currency eventRead More…