The Beauty of House Notes

‘House Notes: Art, Design and Security in One’, the third issue of a special report from Currency News™ summarising the latest house notes, is now available to download and read.

House notes (also known as concept, sample or specimen notes) are non-circulating, design-focused banknotes created to explore ideas, themes, or innovations in currency design, rather than to be used as actual money.

They are produced by banknote printers and substrate and feature suppliers to promote their design and technical capabilities, introduce their latest features and/or celebrate special milestones.

Unconstrained by the need of circulation, they are also genuine works of art – with dramatic, eye catching and highly aesthetic graphic imagery and iconography.

The report reviews the features, the technologies, production processes and partnerships that have generated these notes.

But it also looks at the design rationale that underpins each. They all tell a story, and it is these stories that make these notes truly come to life.