Bahamas New Series – a Case Study for Successful Feature/Substrate Pairings

In October 2021, the Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB) released its new $100 banknote, completing the roll-out of its CRISP (Counterfeit Resistant Integrated Security Product) Evolution series which it began back in 2016.

The new series of banknotes is – as the name suggests – an evolution of the original CRISP series first introduced in 2005, and is remarkable both for incorporating a broad cross-section of substrates, printers and features, and for its introduction of multiple firsts for feature-substrate pairings.

The Bahamas is an archipelagic state in the Caribbean consisting of around 700 islands, 16 of which are major islands, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of kilometres of ocean space. To reflect the size and diversity of the Bahamas, the new banknote series contains colourful portraits, a number of different features, and is printed on a variety of substrates.