Genuine Flashcards
Who supplies the genuine paper?
Crane
Who supplies genuine ink?
SICPA
Where is it printed?
BEP
What is the order in the printing process?
Offset Background (2004 style)
Intaglio back
Intaglio front
Typographic
What are characteristics of Offset printing?
flat clean lines thin ink layer fine layer detail (no embossing, no halo-ing, no feathering)
What are characteristics of Intaglio printing?
Embossing - printing is raised
feathering
thick ink layer
What are characteristics of Typographic printing?
“Halo-ing”
dark outline and shaded color in the middle
void areas
think ink layer
What is FRN paper made up of?
75% Cotton
25% Linen
What FRN features are in typographic?
Serial #’s
Fed Reserve Indicator
Treas Seal
Fed Rsrve Seal
What is the Currency timeline for “styles” of FRNs?
1929 Style
1990 Style
1996 Style
2004 Style
What is the 1990 style?
Small heads
What is the 1996 Style?
Big Heads
What is the 2004 Style?
Rainbow Note
What are the 1990 Style based Security Features ?
R & B security fibers
Security Thread - one location for all denominations
Micro-printing
What are the 1996 Big Head security features?
W - Watermarks O - OVI (green to black shift) R - R & B security fibers M - Micro-printing S - Security thread (fluorescent under UV, $20 green; $50 yellow; $100 red)
What are the 2004 Rainbow Note style features?
W.O.R.M.S. OVI changed (copper to green) Micro-printing now in offset background as well as intaglio
What is the feature on the new 2004 series $100 that no other bill has?
3D Security ribbon
What is the Circular Classification System?
A way of connecting CFT from all around the world back to the original maker
Allow for CFT to be grouped into families
Used statistically for investigation and sentencing
What is the Circular Classification System based on?
Identifiers
Defect Transfer
What identifiers are used?
Check letter Quadrant # Front Plate # Back Plate # Series Year Federal Reserve Indicator
What is the Federal Reserve indicator
Indicates which Fed Bank distributed the note
A-L
The letter matches the second prefix letter in the serial number \
The Letter should match the Fed Reserve Bank number it is listed with (ie. A1; B2; C3; D4)
What is a quadrant letter and how many quadrants on an FRN?
Quadrant letters signify where on the printing plate this bill was printed from
4 quadrants on an FRN
Quadrant numbers can only be 1 - 4
Letters in the quadrant corners on the front of the FRN have to match each other
What is the only printing used in the CFT printing process NOT on genuine FRNs?
Screen printing
Which FRN denominations have OVI?
All except 1’s and 5’s
Why is the treasury seal a security feature?
It cannot be separated photographically by the black underprinting?
