Banknote Security – Don't Take the Risk! Embedded Security Features are the Benchmark for the Overwhelming Majority of Banknotes

The technology platforms used for banknotes continues to rise ever higher, for all security levels – 1, 2 and 3. Challenging and beating the counterfeiter is central to the design, functionality and security of banknotes. And we note that with a well-defined security feature matrix to raise the bar, there can be success.

There are many properties which contribute to this success, pre-eminent among them being the multi-level substrate embedded platform for the design and integration of security in a modern banknote.

Case in point – the European Central Bank has recently announced a 17ppm counterfeit level. A historical low for such a popular regional and global currency and an all-time low for the ECB! The new €100 and €200 banknotes were the final notes issued in the Europa series in 2019, so 2020 was the first full year of reporting since the whole series has been in place.