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IP on the Money Edition: How Technology Stops Currency Counterfeits

From a DNA-based method of authenticating the original source materials in international currencies…to a strip that incorporates micro-printing and the lenses for verifying it…to a system that involves embedding holograms in cash…here's how technology prevents fraud.


Authenticating currency through genetic fingerprints
According to the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing, US currency is made up of 75% cotton and 25% linen. Similarly, many foreign currencies – including the Euro, Mexican Peso, Brazilian Cruzeiro, Argentine Peso, Indian Rupee, British Pound, Russian Ruble, Japanese Yen and others – are also printed on natural fiber-based paper.

With this in mind, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc....

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Would You Credit It? 25 Years of Hologram Success on Bank Cards (Part 1)
Would You Credit It? 25 Years of Hologram Success on Bank Cards (Part 2)
Would You Credit It? 25 Years of Hologram Success on Bank Cards (Part 3)
Roger Pfund: Specialist in Currency Security Design

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