The Most Reliable Banknote Security in the Industry
60+ Banknote Denominations Secured and Billions of Banknotes Protected by Authentix Covert and Overt Security Technology
As a trusted partner to leading central banks, Authentix is an experienced solution provider in today’s complex and rapidly changing currency markets. Using a collaborative partnership approach, solutions can be customized for each client’s needs with innovative approaches to design and implementation. Also, as one of the leading developers and manufacturers of sensors for high-speed authentication and fitness detection, Authentix is uniquely situated to provide full, turnkey solutions for the industry.
Currency must continue to be an attractive, useful and efficient option for global value exchange, while central banks continue to maintain public confidence and trust. Central banks rely on Authentix solutions including a lineup of high-speed sensors for authentication and fitness, advanced covert security, and the next generation of overt features using cutting edge nano optic technology with advanced color shift, vivid optical motion and depth, and micron-thin profile structures.
Next Generation Overt Banknote Security
QUANTUM™ stripe
Authentix nano optics overt technology is redefining banknote security with the introduction of QUANTUM™ stripe. This new overt feature platform leverages nanostructures and proprietary algorithms to form unprecedented structural color, movement, and visual depth. This development in nano optics represents a new era in the frontline protection of currency replacing aging, legacy solutions that have been on the market for decades.
QUANTUM stripe is the world’s first fully animated, nano optic banknote security product that combines multi-directional movement, 3D depth, high resolution imagery and multiple colors to deliver highly complex visual effects that are easy to authenticate and near impossible to duplicate. QUANTUM stripe provides a high level of public engagement while enhancing the overall theme of banknote design using a toolkit of engaging, highly customizable, and intuitive authentication effects. QUANTUM stripe offers a solution to issuing authorities that allows flexible choices by being compatible with different substrate types and standard industry application equipment.
- Fully customisable – multi-color design and multi-directional movement effects
- Simple, intuitive authentication – highly visible, easily triggered movements and effects
- ‘Always on color’ – unambiguous color and wide viewing angle even in poor lighting conditions
- True integration – seamless design possibilities compatible with multiple substrates and standard industry application equipment
- Sustainable – less material, no inks, dyes or pigments and produced in a facility powered by hydroelectricity
LumaChrome®
LumaChrome® is another proprietary banknote security product only available through Authentix. This color-shifting converted foil film provides exceptional banknote security and intuitive authentication by way of a vivid shift from a single color to a second, distinct and different color based on a slight change in angle of view. LumaChrome has been the standard in banknote security for over two decades and is used in 30+ banknote denominations in circulation today.
Most Advanced Covert Security Platform
The Jewel™ Level 3 covert security solution is trusted by Central Banks to accurately detect counterfeit banknotes on high-speed sorters. This comprehensive solution includes specialized taggant materials, expert design services, high-speed sensors for inspecting used and single banknotes, and both online and offline QC sensors. Jewel stands out for its versatility. It can be integrated into paper, polymer, or composite substrates and applied using various printing processes. The Jewel sensor is compatible with all high-speed banknote sorters, and our design team is ready to assist with feature implementation, QC sensor selection, and sensor integration. Developed and produced in our secure U.S. facility, Jewel’s proprietary materials offer the highest level of banknote authenticity assurance. Its flexible platform allows for quick adaptation to existing banknote production processes, ensuring seamless integration and rapid implementation.
- Featured in over 35 banknote denominations in circulation
- Effective detection of composite counterfeits
- Unprecedented access to authentication data
- Available for application within paper, polymer, composite substrates or as an applied print feature
High-Speed Fitness Sensors for Cash Processing
The Authentix GemVision™ CDI2 compliant sensors are high-speed, high-resolution imaging sensors offering a combination camera and image evaluation capability based on the new Common Detector Interface (CDI2) specification agreed to by the United States Federal Reserve Bank and the European Central Bank.
GemVision detection capabilities include:
- Detection of denomination, series and orientation of notes
- Multi-angle illumination and full color analysis for human-like fitness evaluation
- Industry-leading accuracy and repeatability for banknote evaluation results
- CDI2 compliant image/data streaming for use by other sensors and storage of combined data for research, analysis and system enhancements over time