BETA
Chapter 1
The secrets of paper and ink
Chapter 2
Deciphering the mysterious symbols
Chapter 3
Hidden details and microprinting
Chapter 4
The faces and the future
YOUR GOAL
Master of Design secrets of the dollar bill
Ch 3 · Hidden details and microprinting
hank Dollar Bill Microprint Secrets
On the dollar's lines so fine, (so fine!) / Hidden words, a secret sign!
hank A secret pattern of five small rings prevents modern photocopiers from scanning and printing paper currency.
hank The number thirteen is woven repeatedly into almost every aspect of the dollar bill's design.
Fun Fact
Anti-copying rings: The tiny circles of the EURion constellation are hidden on banknotes worldwide to prevent color photocopying.
Glossary
microprinting (noun)
The production of highly detailed text or patterns that are too small to be read without magnification. American banknotes use this tiny text on Benjamin Franklin's collar to prevent high-tech counterfeiting.
The production of highly detailed text or patterns that are too small to be read without magnification. American banknotes use this tiny text on Benjamin Franklin's collar to prevent high-tech counterfeiting.
Quiz
What tiny animal is rumored to hide in the top-right border of the U.S. one-dollar bill?
Quiz
What optical effect causes the number '100' on a hundred-dollar bill to change from copper to green?
Quiz
What is the name of the five-ring pattern that prevents modern copiers from scanning currency?
Quiz
In what year did the U.S. first introduce security threads and watermarks to high-value bills?
Quiz
What color does the security thread in a five-dollar bill glow under ultraviolet light?
Quiz
What do the microprinted words 'USA 100' look like to the naked eye on a hundred-dollar bill?
Quiz
Where is the security thread physically located on a standard U.S. twenty-dollar bill?