Counterfeit 200 Kuna Banknote, issue 7 March 2002

COUNTERFEIT 200 KUNA BANKNOTE, ISSUE 7 MARCH 2002

May 10, 2005

Press Release: May 2, 2005

COUNTERFEIT 200 KUNA BANKNOTE
200kn-krivotvorina
PAPER
The counterfeit banknote is printed on imitation paper with no watermark and no security thread.


COUNTERFEIT	ORIGINAL	1 - SERIAL MARKS AND SERIAL NUMBERS Counterfeit banknotes bear serial marks and serial numbers printed in different styles, with irregular fonts and varying spacing between the letters and figures.



		2 - PRINT Background patterns and colours are blurred. The legends, portrait, denomination numeral, minitext and mikrotext are not embossed but smooth to the touch. The letters and marks printed in microtext are blurred and illegible.

COUNTERFEIT	ORIGINAL	3 - PORTRAIT The portrait is blurred and its hues differ from those on the genuine banknote.


COUNTERFEIT	ORIGINAL	4 - KINEGRAM Embedded on the obverse of the genuine banknote is an iridescent metalised security foil - a kinegram, shaped as an elongated quadrangle featuring an optically variable portrait of Stjepan Radić and optically variable legends. The counterfeit banknote, however, displays only an imitation kinegram. The imitation kinegram has approximately the same form as the genuine one and gives off a pronounced silvery reflection, but its colours are not iridescent as on the genuine banknote. When the counterfeit note is tilted, the portrait outlines come into view, but the portrait does not switch from left to right and back as in the genuine kinegram.



COUNTERFEIT	ORIGINAL	5 - WATERMARK The counterfeit banknote bears an imitation watermark printed on its reverse. When the counterfeit banknote is observed lying flat, the manually drawn outlines of the Stjepan Radić portrait come into view in the watermark area on its reverse. The imitation watermark is considerably different in its intensity and form than the genuine watermark.


COUNTERFEIT	ORIGINAL	6 - SECURITY THREAD The security thread on the counterfeit's reverse is imitated as a grey continuous printed line of varying width, with visibly brighter outlines of the figures and letters in the legend "200 HRK". Thin coats of ink applied manually between the figures and letters were meant to imitate the silver metallic windows of the security thread, found in the genuine banknote.


COUNTERFEIT	ORIGINAL	7 - HIDDEN INSCRIPTION The hidden inscription "KUNA" is not featured on the counterfeit banknote.


COUNTERFEIT	ORIGINAL	8 - SEE-THROUGH REGISTER The triangular elements on the banknote obverse and reverse, only slightly varying in form, overlap and match making up the letter "H".


COUNTERFEIT	ORIGINAL	9 - IRIDESCENT COLOUR The iridescent colour effect on the obverse of the counterfeit is similar to that on the genuine banknote, but the denomination numeral "200" within the rectangle in the right upper corner is not clearly printed.


ORIGINAL COUNTERFEIT		FLUORESCENCE The counterfeit banknote paper is coated with cream ink, only partially absorbs UV light and produces a light violet hue. The serial marks and serial numbers on the counterfeit banknote are not fluorescent and the security thread is not iridescent under UV light. The dark outlines of the imitation watermark become clearly visible.