NEWS & INSIGHTS
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Insights
Technology
How Designing for Movement With RAPID® HD Aims to Revolutionize How the World Checks its Money
The more the world and technology advance and impact how we pay for things, the more important it is to create banknotes that make use of next-generation technology to keep them functional and secure with designs and features that are appealing and intuitive to the public.
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Banknotes
Burundi Completes Upgrade of Banknotes Series With 1000 Francs
La Banque de la République du Burundi has now upgraded the entire banknote series with improved paper substrate and security features from Crane Currency.
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Bank Indonesia Uses Country’s Independence Day to Issue New Series of Rupiah Banknotes
Bank Indonesia (the Central Bank of the Republic of Indonesia) has designed a completely new series of banknotes selecting the nation’s Independence Day, August 17 to launch them.
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Banknotes
Sudan Issues New 1.000 Pound Banknote with RAPID® Security Thread
The Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) has issued a new 1.000 Sudanese Pound (SDG) banknote. The note is the newest addition in a series starting with the 100 Pound note issued in 2019.
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Insights
Technology
The Fusion Between Art and Engineering
The chance to develop and explore technology attracted Kara Zona, who has been at Crane Currency for five years. She is the Design Team Lead for a small, but growing team of experts creating micro-optic designs using Crane’s award-winning, micro-lens-based security technology.
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Technology
New MOTION SURFACE® Secures It All
Crane’s MOTION® micro-optics have an unrivalled record of performance in protecting some of the world’s most valuable banknotes – and is scientifically proven to enable banknotes to be authenticated by the public’s untrained eye within a fraction of a second. The new MOTION SURFACE on polymer underscores Crane’s commitment to customer choice.
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Banknotes
Tunisia Completes Upgrade of Dinar Banknote Series
The Central Bank of Tunisia has completed an upgrade of its Tunisian Dinar banknotes, using best practices in technology selection and modern design.
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Technology
Insights
BEMs Speak for the Public
The ability to recognize very quickly the denominations of banknotes, in just a glance, belies the complexity of the act. Common banknote validators or “bill acceptors” perform the same act of recognition and authentication impressively when one considers these machines, even top performers, cost less than $900 and are expected to reject 100% of forgeries while still accepting 100% of all genuine banknotes