Printers` Test Notes

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Printers' Test Notes
Here you will find an alphabetical list of bank note firms known to have produced
test notes. This includes printers, paper and polymer substrate suppliers, ink
producers, central banks, security features manufactures (holograms,
Kinegrams, foils, et al),, and currency disintegrator machine manufactures .The
catalog number of the sample image for the firm displayed is shown. The
number of test notes attributed to date is shown in red.
Aestron Security
Design
An acquired security consultancy
of Joh. Enschedé
Zeverijinstraat 12, 1216 GK
Hilversum, The Netherlands
1 Test note attributed
ASD101D
American Banknote
Company
ABNC192NC
Produced food coupons, postage
stamps, stock and bond certificates,
travelers’ checks, foreign currency,
passports, bank checks, and
commercial documents. Filed
Chapter 11 in 1999; spun off
American Bank Note Holographics
unit in 1998. This unit sold to JDSU
in 2008.
560 Sylvan Ave. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ 07632
James M. Anderson &
Son
AND101NC
Engraving firm active in the mid1800’s. Produced shares for The
Baltimore & Havana Steamship
Company.
148 Baltimore Street,
Baltimore, Maryland
Applegarth and
Cowper
AC111aNC
Inventors of the horizontal steam
powered syndical press, submitted
notes for 20,000 pound prize for
forge-proof banknote to the Bank of
England. Auction.net, the English
auction house has three different
varieties of Applegarth and Cowpar
trial notes at auction. They estimate
the year of issue as about 1818.
Spink estimates the same note as
1821. “The Bank of England Note: A
History of Its Printing” by A. D.
Mackenzie estimates the year of
issue as 1819, noting the Court of
Directors of the Bank of England
approved their design on February 4,
1819.
14Test note attributed
Applied Optical
Technologies
Founded in 1983 as Applied
Holographics in Great Britain. Now
called OpSec Security Group Plc.. A
single source global provider of anticounterfeiting and brand protection
management solutions. OpSec
manufactures holographic threads for
use by the banknote printing industry.
7333 W. Jefferson Ave
Lakewood, CO, 80235
AOT101a
148 Units, 1870’s, woman standing next to pillar
Arjo Wiggins SAS
AW-101
Established in 1469, a leading
manufacturer of technical and
creation papers (notably for image
enhancement and value protection),
the world’s leading producer of
security paper. SEE ALSO
HOLOGRAM INDUSTRIES
117,Quai du président Roosevelt , 92
442 Issy-les-Moulineaux – France
Ashby and Company
ASH-101
Engraving and Printing firm of
London, England. Active in
the mid-1800’s
Ashton-Potter
Ashton Potter was founded in 1925
as a commercial printer in Canada.
While in Canada, it completed its first
stamp project for Canada Post. The
firm moved to the United States in
1990 where it now makes postal and
tax stamps for the USPS.
10 Curtwright Drive,
Williamsville, NY 14221
AP-101
Atlantic Bank Note
Company
ATL-121
Established 2006 Private banknote
firm in the United States.
Ault & Wiborg
Company
AWT-101
The Ault & Wiborg Company, a
manufacturer of printing inks and dry
color dyes and pigments, was
established in 1878 in Cincinnati,
Ohio. In 1928, Ault sold the ink
business to the International Printing
Ink Corp., which later became
Interchemical Corp.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Banca Romana
The Banca Romana was founded by
French and Belgian investors in 1835.
In 1851 the bank became the official
bank of the Papal State and in 1874 it
was made one of the six national
banks authorized to issue currency.
The Bank Act of August 1893
liquidated the Banca Romana and
reformed the whole system of note
issue, restricting the privilege to the
new Banca d'Italia – mandated to
liquidate the Banca Romana – and
the Banco di Napoli and the Banco de
Sicilia, providing for stricter state
control.
Rome, Italy
BR-101b
Bank of England
BOE-111
The Bank of England (formally the
Governor and Company of the Bank
of England) is the central bank of the
whole of the United Kingdom and is
the model on which most modern,
large central banks have been based.
Established in 1694 to act as the
English Government's banker, and to
this day it still acts as the banker for
HM Government. It wastrivately
owned and operated from its
foundation in 1694 until it was
nationalized in 1946. In 1997 it
became an independent public
organization.
Threadneedle Street, London EC2R
8AH
Bank of France
BOF-111
Founded in 1800, the Bank of France
was finally granted independence
from the state in 1993, then entering
the European System of Central
Banks in 1998.
31 rue Croix des petits champs
75001 PARIS
France
BA Banknote Group
Founded in 1866. Canadian
Banknote Company competitor and
producer of some banknotes for the
Bank of Canada. As of 1999 a
subsidiary of Giesecke & Devrient.
Acquired by Canadian Banknote
Company in 2013.
975 Gladstone Avenue , Ottawa,
Ontario Canada K1Y 4W5
BABC101
Barclay & Fry Ltd.
BFL-101
Founded in 1799, a banknote printer
and publisher of the late 1800’s to
early 1900’s, including the Strand
magazine. The firm produced
banknotes for China, Hong Kong,
Macau, and the Philippines.
The Grove
Southwark, England
Beijing Banknote
Printing Corporation
BBPC101a
Part of China Banknote and Printing
No. 23,Baizhifangxijie,
Xuanwu District, Beijing,
China
Belgium National
Bank
(Banque Nationale de Belgique,
Bruxelles/Nationale Bank van Belgie,
Brussel). Belgian Printer of Euro
banknotes (the 6-character printer
code prefix is “T”). The Bank was
created in 1850. Its shares are listed
on the Stock Exchange; half of them
are held by the State.
Boulevard de Berlaimont 14, B - 1000
Brussels, Belgium
BELG-101
BNB Printing Works
Established in 2001 as maker of
Bulgaria National Bank currency and
security documents.
BNB102a
117 Tsarigradsko Shousse Blvd.,
1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
Bradbury & Evans
BE-101b
Bradbury and Evans was an English
printing and publishing business
founded by William Bradbury and
Frederick Mullett Evans in London in
1830. The firm is best known for
publishing some of the works of
Charles Dickens. Known to have
produced banknotes for Brazil and
Greece.
# 85 Fleet Street
London, England
Bradbury-Wilkinson
Established in 1850s by Henry
Bradbury. Maker of currency and
postage stamps. In 1903, American
Bank Note Company took over
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.. The last
plant shut down in 1990.
BW-341b
Bradley & Rulofson
BR-111
Printer based in San Francisco,
California
Mathew Brady
BRA-101
Photographer, printer, and engraver
in New York, New York. Best known
as President Lincoln’s photographer.
British American
Banknote Company
BABC101
The British American Bank Note
Company was formed in 1866, just
one year before Canada's
Confederation. It acquired the
Canada Banknote Company in 1891.
After the Bank of Canada was formed
in 1935, the firm had a steady
demand of currency for Canada.
975 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada
Bundesdruckerei
GmbH
One of the leading companies in highsecurity technology world-wide.
Founded in Berlin in 1879 under the
name of "Reichsdruckerei", the
company has developed from a
traditional state-owned security
printing house into a supplier of a vast
variety of security products and
systems.
Oranienstrasse 91, D-10958 Berlin,
Germany
BUND132b
Burton & Gurley Bank
Note Engravers
BB-101
Produced Bank of Kentucky notes,
among others
California Ink
Company
The California Ink Company
originated as a business in 1891, in
Los Angeles, as a subsidiary of Union
Oil Company. The company
manufactured and sold news, printing
and lithographing inks, dry colors,
printers' rollers and varnishes. In
1950, now named Cal/Ink developed
the nation's first magnetic inks for
check imprinting. Today the company
is a division of the Flint Ink Company
of Detroit.
CIC-101a
Canada Bank Note
Company
CNB-104
Produced banknotes for The
Dominion of Canada, Canada,
Banque Jacques-Cartierand, Halifax
Banking Company, and others in the
late 1800s. The firm was eventually
bought out by British American Bank
Note Company in 1894. It continued
to produce bank notes under its own
name into the early 1900s.
Montreal, Canada
Canadian Banknote
Company
CNBC101
Now over a hundred years old, CBNC
is best known as one of two suppliers
of banknotes for the Bank of Canada.
Until 1923 it was a unit of American
Bank Note Company.
145 Richmond Road, Ottawa, ON.,
Canada
S E Casa de Moneda
de Argentina
The then mint was established in
1805, minting coins only. Later it
started printing postage stamp, then
banknotes, taking its current name
since 1877.
Av. Antártida Argentina 2085,
CDMA101
Casa da Moeda do
Brazil
CDMB101bD
The Casa da Moeda do Brasil is the
Brazilian mint, owned by the Brazilian
government and administratively
subordinated to the Ministry of
Finances. It was established in 1694.
Its current headquarters and industrial
facilities occupy a modern plant with
1.2 million square feet.
Rua René Bittencourt nº 371
Distrito Industrial de Santa Cruz
Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Casa de Moneda de
Chile
CDMC102D
The then mint was established in
1743 by Felipe I, minting coins only.
In 1927 it merged with Valued
Species Workshop, responsible for
the printing of banknotes, called Mint
and Valued Species, taking its current
name since 1953.
Avenida Portales 3586
Estación Central, Santiago, Chile.
9170007
Charles Toppan &
Company
The company was formed in
Philadelphia by the engraver Charles
Topanr in 1834. Then merged with
Draper, Underwood, Bald, Spencer, &
Hufty to form Draper, Toppan,
Longacre & Company im 1837.
CTC-101
China Banknote Ink
Co. Ltd.
CBIC-101
Established in 2001. Supplies inks to
China Banknote Printing and Minting.
Xiuyan Rd, Pudong,
Shanghai, China
China Banknote
Printing and Minting
Complex
CBPC111a
China Banknote Printing and Minting
Corporation (CBPMC) is a legal
tender producer, which has 18 large
and medium-sized enterprises and
one state technology center.
No. 60, Xinjian Rd., Wenjiang,
Chengdu, Sichuang, China
(China) Bureau of
Engraving and
Printing
Dr. Chen Jintao, the Yale-educated
vice president of the Board of
Finance, recommended building a
security printing plant on the
American model, using U.S. Bureau
of Engraving and Printing methods.
Chen hired Washington architects
Milburn, Heister & Company to design
the eleven-building plant in Beijing.
The cost, over $5 million, included
shipping expenses for U.S.
construction supplies, machinery, and
equipment. The Chinese Bureau of
Engraving and Printing first printed
currency at the complex in 1913 and
still does so today.
CBEP-101
J. Clark Engraving
JC-101
Engraver of stamps and maps from
the late 1700’s to mid 1800’s.
Columbian Banknote
Company
CBC-101
In 1957, Security Banknote Company
merged with Columbian Banknote
Company to become SecurityColumbian Banknote Company.
Continental Bank Note
Company
The company was formed in 1863.
Merged with American Bank Note
CBC-101Company in 1879.
CONT101
B. F. Corlies & Macy
CM-101
A. U.S. Civil War era lithographer.
Printed postage envelopes and
Kansas broken bank currency.
33 Nassau Street
New York, New York
Crane & Company
Founded in 1770, Crane paper was
used by Paul Revere to engrave
banknotes for the Colony of
Massachusetts Bay to help finance
the American Revolution. The single
supplier of paper for US currency.
Dalton, MA. 01226
CRAN141
Danforth, Bald &
Company
DBC-101
Formed in Philadelphia in 1850 from
Danforth and Hufty. In 1853, the
company split into Danforth, Wright &
Company and Bald, Cousland &
Company. The Danforth, Wright, &
Company changed owners and
names and was one of seven
companies to form American Bank
Note Company in 1858.
Danforth, Underwood
& Company
Formed in Philadelphia in 1839 from
Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty.
In 1843, the company became
Danforth, Bald, Spencer, & Hufty.
Some of the partners were among the
seven companies to form American
Bank Note Company in 1858. See
ABNC family tree for all firms involved
with ABNC.
DUC101D
Debdens (Security
Printer for Bank of
England)
DEB-101d
Established 1694. Bank of England
Printing Works. For manufacture of
Euro, the 6-character printer code
prefix is “A.” Until 2002, subsidiary
Debdens Security Printer.
De La Rue
Established 1813 as Thomas De La
Rue. Maker of postage stamps (since
1855), paper money (since 1860),
and physical security (from 1988-98).
De La Rue Giori, Switzerland formed
in 1965 was sold in 2001 to partner
Koenig & Bauer. Printer of Euro
banknotes for Ireland and others (the
6-character printer code prefix is “H”).
See also: Le Febure, Giori.
TDLR571a
De La Rue House; Jays Close;
Viables, Basingstoke; Hampshire;
RG22 4BS United Kingdom
E. Desfosses
Security printer in Paris, France.
DES-111
Denmark National
Bank
DEN-101c
Established in 1818 (coins minted in
Denmark since 995 and banknotes
since 1713). Euro printer code
reserved: “S.”
Havnegade, 5, DK-1093 Copenhagen
K, Denmark
Diagramm Halbach
DH-101
A family-owned business founded in
1832, Diagramm Halbach has
evolved from a manufacturer of chart
paper to become a globally operating
company that specializes in
healthcare products and security
printing. The company operates two
certified security printing houses,
making security paper, security inks
and security design. Holograms,
watermarks, microprinting, UV ink,
OVI, and magnetic inks are among a
few of the security produces
available.
Am Winkelstück 14
58239 Schwerte Germany
DIPA ZRT.
Beside the basepaper of the
Hungarian banknote generation,
Diósgyőr Papermill produces the
paper of currency from all over the
world.
Hegyalja út 203/1
Miskolc, Hungary 3535
DIPA101D
Documintation as
DAS-132
Formed in 1998, Dokumentacni
akciova spolecnost to support
security, security printing and
documentation. The main activity is
printing stamps, especially equities,
bonds, tickets, vouchers, and other
valuable. It’s customers include
Czech State Printing Works of
Securities.
13 villas
140 00 Praha 4 – Nusle
Domtar Incorporated
Founded in England in1903 as
Dominion Tar and Chemical
Company, Limited. In 1965, the
company changed its name to
Domtar Inc. It. holds patents for the
product Luminus, a laminate
comprised of 3 layers of paper, film,
and paper. The film in the middle is
polyester and can contain a color
image and other security features.
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DOM101b
609, Rang 12 -- C.P. 1010, Windsor
(Québec) Canada, J1S 2L9
Draper, Toppan &
Longacre
Formed in 1837 from Draper,
Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty.
Became Draper, Toppan & Co. in
1840. Produced banknotes for
Switzerland and Texas.
DTC-101
Draper, Underwood,
Bald, & Spencer
DUBS101D
Formed in 1833 from Draper,
Underwood & Company.
Durand & Company
Active in the 1830’s
DC-101
Durand, Perkins &
Company
DPC-101
Durand, Wright, &
Company
A New York city engraving firm.
DWC-101
E. C. Starr
ECS-101
Eleazer Huntington
Banknote Engravers
EHBE-101
Huntington was an engraver of
banknotes, maps, and best known for
copies of the Declaration of
Independence. Born 1789, died 1852.
Hartford, Connecticut
Johan Enschede en
Zonen
ZEZ-112b
Dutch Printer of Euro banknotes for
six countries in the Union (the 6character printer code prefix is “G”).
Now owned by Crane and Company,
Bankbiljettendrukkerij BV, Postbus
114, 2000 AC Haarlem , the
Netherlands
Bank of Estonia
Established 1919. Re-opened in
1990 when independence regained.
Estonia Bld.13, 15095 Tallinn,
Estonia
EST-101
Fabriano
FAB-101
Established in 1264, the paper
company started producing
banknotes and security papers in
2002.
Viale Pietro Milani 31/33
Fabriano, Italy
60044
Fairman, Draper, &
Underwood
FDU-101
Formed in 1823 from Murray, Draper,
Fairman & Company.
Bank of Finland
The world's fourth oldest national
central bank was established by Tsar
Alexander I of Russia.
P.O. Box 160, FI-00101 Helsinki,
Finland
FIN-101a
Francois-Charles
Oberthur Fiduciaire
FCO-151
Established 1843 as a lithography
printer. Third largest privately owned
printer in the world. Printer of Euro
code prefix is “L”).
102, boulevard Malesherbes, 75017 –
Paris, France
Franklin Lee BankNote Company
FLBNC101
Formed as an American Bank Note
Co. subsidiary in 1897 by merger of
Franklin Bank Note Co. and Homer
Lee Bank Note Co. Became FranklinLee Division of American Bank Note
Co. in 1904.
General Banknote
Corporation
GABNC101
Little known printing company,
recorded as purchasing printing
equipment from Hamilton Banknote &
Printing Company in 1936. It was
bankrupt by 1940.
Rochester New York
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Giesecke & Devrient
GmbH
GD-111c
Established 1852 as Officin für Geld
und Werthpapiere (Printing Works for
Bank Notes and Securities) in by
Hermann Giesecke and Alphonse
Devrient. Maker of banknote and
securities printing. Printer of Euro
code prefix is “P”).
Prinzregentenstrasse 159. D-81677
Munich, Germany
Giori, S.A.
In 1952, KGA acquired 50% stake in
c Organization of Lauisianne. In
1965, De La Rue acquires a 50%
ownership. KBA (Koenig und Bauer)
bought out De La Rue’s remaining
50% in 2001. For notes after 2011,
see KBA NotaSys.
GIOR201b
Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg
Facility , 97010 Würzburg, P.O. Box
60 60, Germany
Gleitsmann Security
Inks
GSI-101
Established in 1847. Maker of
security inks including intaglio, offset
printing, numbering and credit card
inks.
Gleitsmann Security Inks
GmbHEderstraße 20-22, 12059
Berlin, Germany
Goebel Gmbh
Establish in 1851, Goebel is one of
Europe’s manufacturers of web-fed
printing machines for the printing and
converting industry, including one
pass intaglio and offset printing.
Goebelstr. 21, 64293 Darmstadt,
Germany
GOE-111
Goznak (State Printing
Office)
GOZ-261
Founded in 1818, the Expedition for
the Procurement of State Insignia
currently incorporates four major
enterprises in Moscow, St.
Petersburg, and Perm. Main printing
process is lithographics.
17 Mytnaya Street, Moscow, Russia
115162
The Graphic Company
GC-102
Founded in 1818 by an association of
engravers with the intent to make
banknote. Eleazer Huntington was
one of the company founders. Mosely
Isaac Danforth apprenticed with
Asaph Willard, another founder of the
company.
.
Graphic Company of
Boston
GCB-101
Hamilton Bank Note
Company
Established in 1889 as a printer of
foreign stamps, including the
Dominican Republic. Closed in the
1940’s.
HBNC131
50/L Dollars, 1821, three seated woman in center
Harrisons Security
Printers
HARR101b
Founded in 1750 as Harrison & Sons.
English banknote and stamp printer
acquired in 1997 by De La Rue.
Hatch & Company
HC-101
The company was formed in 1853 as
Hatch and Severyn. In 1855 it was
renamed Hatch & Company,
specializing in prints, certificates,
labels, and advertising. In 1887 they
reorganized as Hatch Litho Company,
but were out of business by 1189.
New York, New York
R. Hoe & Company
A printing press manufacturer with
plants in New York and London. The
firm primarily sold presses for
newspapers, though attempting to sell
same for the banknotes, postage
stamps, and bonds. Founded in 1805,
what remained of the firm was sold in
1984.
504 to 520 Grand Street
New York City, New York
HOE101b
A. Hoen & Company
A. Hoen & Co. was a Baltimore,
Maryland-based lithography firm
founded by Edward Weber in the
1840s as E. Weber & Company.
When August Hoen took it over
following Weber's death, he changed
the name and built the company into
one of the most prominent in the
industry at the time. The firm
produced bonds, checks, bills of
exchange, diplomas, posters, cigar
boxes, and certificates.
HOEN101
2101 E. Biddle Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Hologram Industries
Hologram Industies” Alphagram® 50
protects 50, 100, 200, and 500 Euro
banknotes.
HOLO103
Parc d'activités Gustave Eiffel, 22
avenue de l'Europe, 77600 Bussy
Saint Georges, Paris, France
Homer Lee Banknote
Company
Established circa 1883. Maker of
stock certificates and printer of
banknotes for Haiti and others
(HLBNC). Eventually acquired by
American Bank Note Company in
1891. Merged with Franklin Bank
Note Co. to form Franklin-Lee Bank
Note Co. in 1897.
Tribune Building, City Hall Square,
New York, NY
HOME111
Hueck Foils
HUE-101
Hueck Foils Protecco high-security
anti-counterfeiting foil introduced in
March 2003.
HUECK FOILS L.L.C., 1955 Highway
34, Building Two, Wall, New Jersey
07719
Inovink
Specializing in research,
development, and commercialization
of noval security technology.
INOV101a
The Innovation Centre, 217
Portobello, Shelfield, S1 4DP, United
Kingdom
International Bank
Note Company
United States firm with plants in New
York City and Chicago. It was
absorbed by American Banknote
Company in 1905.
IBNC-101
Istituto Poligrafico e
Zecca dello Stato
ITAL-101
The (Italian) State Printers and
Minters in English. Established 1893.
Istituto Poligrafico di Stato founded in
1928. Printer of Euro banknotes (the
6-character printer code prefix is “J”),
also produces lottery tickets, credit
cards, stored value cards, securities,
passports, etc.
Via Salaria, 1027 – 00138 Roma, Italy
F E Jones
JON-101
Steel engrave of the late 1800’s.
Most active with art engravings.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jura Security Design
JSP-101a
Established 1992. Austrian maker of
graphic security processes, with office
in Thailand.
Gebhardtgasse 13/8, 1190 Vienna,
Austria
Banknote Factory of
Kazakhstan National
Bank
The National Bank was formed on
April 13, 1993 with the reorganization
of the of the Soviet era Kazakh
Republican bank (Gosbank to
become the central bank of
Kazakhstan.
21, Beibitshilik Street, 010000,
Astana, Kazakhstan
KAZ-131
KBA NotaSys
KBA-131
KGA-Giori was aquired by Koenig &
Baurer in 2001 and allowed to use the
Giori name for 10 years. Once the 10
years expired in 2011, the company
changed its name from KBA-Giori to
the present name KBA NotaSys.
Avenue du Grey 55
1018 Lausanne, Switzerland
Keatinge & Ball
KB-101
Banknote engravers, printers of
Confederate notes.
Columbia, South Carolina
K. K. Hof - U.
Staatsdruckerei
KKH-101a
Established in 1804 to produce official
Austrian state documents. In English Imperial Court and State Printing
House. The firm produced securities
and postal stamps, but was not
known to produce banknotes. The
Temesvár location eventually moved
to Budapest and become the Royal
Hungarian Printing Office. Eventually
the firm formed is today the Austrian
State Printing House.
Vienna, Austria
Komori Printing
Machinery Co. Ltd.
Est. 1923, a maker of Commercial
offset presses (offset sheet fed
presses and offset web presses),
currency and securities printing
presses, web offset packaging
presses, and printing equipment.
Azumabashi,Sumida-ku,Tokyo
KOM-162
Korea Security
Printing & Minting
Corporation
KOMS101
Korea Minting and Security Printing
Corporation (KOMSCO) is a
government-owned corporation which
is responsible to print and mint the
banknotes and coins and other
government documents.
Daejeon, South Korea
Korea Minting
Security Printing &
Minting
KOMSCO101
Produces South Korea’s banknotes,
coins, and postage stamps.
(Gajeong-dong) 80-67 Gwahak-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-713,
Republic of Korea.
Kurz
Founded in Germany in 1892 by
Leonard Kurz, this firm’s stamping
foils are used by government secure
documents and banknotes by
incorporation OVD and Kinegrams.
KURZ102a
Tucherstr. 2, 90763 Fürth, Germany
Kusters Engineering
A leading manufacturer of currency
disintegration systems.
L.J. Kosterstaal 6, P.O. Box 230,
5900 AE Venlo, The Netherlands
KUST-101
Landis + Gyr AG
LGYR-103
Established in 1896: a maker of
electrical metering equipment.
Landis+Gyr AG, Feldstrasse 1, CH6301 Zug, Switzerland
LandQart
A subsidiary of Fortress Paper Ltd
and a 100 year old Swiss security
paper manufacturer. LandQart
supplies paper for banknotes to 25
Central Banks, including all Swiss
notes since 1979. Six countries using
Euros use LandQart paper.
LAND101
Kantonsstrasse 16 , CH-7302
Landquart ,Switzerland
Llenas y Cia. S.A.
The firm Llenas, was established in
1970 to specialize in the printing of
security papers (checks, deposit slips,
lottery tickets, etc.). In 1989,
branched out into the printing of
paper currency
Buenos Aires, Argentina
LCIA-101
John A. Lowell Bank
Note
LBN-111
John A. Lowell Bank Note was the
Boston agent for The Continental
Bank Note Company
Lowell & Brett
LB-101
Lowell & Brett was the Boston
agent for The Nationtal Bank Note
Company
Louisenthal
Subsidiary of Giesecke & Devrient
Group. Established in 1818 in
Germany. In 1994 created of the
world‘s first banknote with a
holographic stripe (2000 Leva,
Bulgaria). One of the printers of the
Euro.
Postfach 1185, 83701 Gmund am
Tegernsee
LOU-151
Luminescence
International Limited
LUM-151
Founded in 1987 as a manufacturer
of security and specialist printing inks
for customers in over 100 countries.
The Fairway, Harlow, Essex, CM18
6NG, UK
Merck KGaA
MER-101
Maker of Colorcrypt, visible and
invisible markings in the nature of
paints, varnishes, lacquers, coatings,
inks and colorants for use in making
bank notes, security documents and
security products.
Frankfurter Straße 250
64293 Darmstadt , Germany
Mexico Printing Works
Established 1969 as part of the
Banco de Mexico (itself founded
September 1st, 1925).
Avenida 5 de Mayo 2,
Colonia Centro,
Código postal 06059,
Delegación Cuauhtémoc,
Distrito Federal, México
MEX-171
Miller & Boyle
MIL-101
Lithographics company active in the
late 1800’s.
New York, New York.
Mitsubishi
Lithographic Presses
MIT-101
A U.S. based printing press
manufacturer; Subsidiary of
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of
Japan.
630 Fifth Avenue
Suite 2650
New York, New York 10111
Murray, Fairman &
Company
Philadelphia engraver. Active in the
early 1800’s.
MFC-101
National Bank Note
Company
NBNC101
National Bank Note Company was
formed in New York City by some
previous members of Danforth,
Wright, & Company. In 1879
Continental Bank Note Company and
National Bank Note Company merged
with American Bank Note Company.
National Bank of
Egypt
NBE101aD
PO Box 11611, National Bank of
Egypt Tower, 1187 Corniche El Nil,
Cairo Plaza, Cairo, Egypt
National Bank of
Romania
The National Bank of Romania was
commissioned on 11/23 April 1880
Banca Nationala a Romaniei, 25
Lipscani Street, Sector 3, 030031 Bucharest, Romania
NBR-101
National Bank of
Ukraine
NBU-101
The Kyiv office of the State
Commercial Bank was founded half a
century ago, in 1839.
9 Instytutska St., Kyiv Ukraine 01601
Central Bank of The
Netherlands
NETH111c
P.O. Box 98, 1000 AB Amsterdam
New England Bank
Note Company
NEBNC101a
Formed in 1833. Merged with
Rawton, Wright, Hatch, & Edson in
1847, who were one of the six firms to
form American Bank Note Company.
Subsidiary of American Bank Note
Company.
Norway Bank
Established 1816
P.O. Box 1179 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo,
Norway
NOR111b
Note Printing Australia
Note Printing Australia (NPA) is a
subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of
Australia,incorporated in1998. NPA
has its origins from 1913 to print
banknotes for Australia. NPA
introduced polymer banknote
technology in 1988.
NPA121b
Limited, 1 - 9 Potter Street,
Craigieburn, Victoria 3064, Australia
N*T*Graff
A security printer and a licensee of
the Ministry of Finances of the
Russian Federation.
GRAF101
57, Profsoyusnaya Street, 117420
Moscow, Russian Federation
OeBS
OEBS-112
Former bank note printing works of
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
(OeNB) became a limited company in
1998, named OeBS, and today
produces bank notes for the
international market.
Garnisongasse 15, P.O. Box 79
A-1096 Vienna, Austria
Optaglio s.r.o.
Optaglio focuses on development and
production of optical security devices
and holograms and is the world
leader in electron beam lithography.
Obora 20
267 23 Lochovice
Czech Republic
OPT102aD
Orell Fussli Security
Printing Ltd.
OF-151
Orell Fussli Security Printing makes
highly secure banknotes, identity
papers, and security documents,
including the current issues of Swiss
notes.
Dietzingerstrasse 3, CH-8036 Zurich,
Switzerland
Parsons Paper
Company
PPC-101
The Parsons Paper Company was
founded in Holyoke, Massachusetts in
1853 by Joseph Clark Parsons. The
firm merged with National Vulcanized
Fiber Co. After nearly disbanding
during the depression, the firm spent
World War II producing invasion
currency for the allied forces. .The
firm went bankrupt in 2005.
28 Sargeant St.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
Perkins, Bacon, &
Petch
Founded in 1819, it had four different
trading names before becoming
Perkins, Bacon & Petch in 1834 and
was the leading printer of its day,
producing ‘inimitable banknotes’. In
1840 it printed the first stamp for
Great Britain - Penny Black. The only
surviving printing press used is on
display daily at the British Library.
The company reformed in 1852 as
Perkins, Bacon & Co.
69 Fleet Street
London, England
PBP-101
Perkins and Fairman
PF-102
In 1818 Jacob Perkins was enticed to
come to England by Charles Heath.
He arrived with Gideon Fairman and
Asa Spencer and set up shop as
Perkins and Fairman in London, and
worked exclusively for several months
on the attempt to win the Bank of
England prize of 20,000 pounds to
design a forge proof banknote.
69 Fleet Street,
London, England
Perkins, Fairman, &
Heath
PFH-101
Founded in 1819, the firm printed
notes for many banks in England. It
also made notes for Bank of New
Brunswick, Canada in 1820s.
The
name was changed to Perkins &
Heath by 1922, and later to Perkins &
Bacon. As Perkins & Bacon, the firm
printed the first English stamp, the
Penny Black.
69th Fleet Street,
London,England
Perum Peruri
PER-141
This state owned printing and minting
firm adopted its’ trading name in 1972
.
Palatehan No. 4, Kebayoran Baru,
Jakarta 12160, Indonesia
Atelier Roger Pfund
Comm.
A visual communication firm, with a
security design branch. Customers
include, Bank of France, Swiss
National Bank, Bank of Malaysia,
Landis & Gyr, Orell Fussli, Central
Bank of Comoros, Argentina and
other security firms.
Rue des Vieux-Grenaders 8-10
CP 491 CH 1211
Geneva 4, Switzerland
PFUN101
Panstwawa Wytwornia
Papierow Wartosciowych
SA
PWPW131a
Established 1980 as the main state
security printing house in Poland.
Translated in English: Polish Security
Printing Works.,
00-919 Warsaw, ul. Swietokrzyska
11/21
Proba Forma (Hungary
State Printing Works)
PROB101
Producer of test notes in conjunction
with 1993 IBNS meeting at
Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Proost en Brandt, bv
Security paper supplier from The
Netherlands.
PROO101
Postbus 5, 1110 AA Diemen ,
Stammerkamp 1, 1112 VE Diemen,
the Netherlands
Poštovní tiskárna
cenin Praha, a.s.
Poštovní tiskárna cenin Praha, a.s.
(PTC) was established in 1992
through privatization of the former
Česká pošta (Czech Post Office)
plant Technická ústředna spojů
(Technical Exchange of Postal and
Telecommunication Services).
Printer of postage stamp and other
securities.
Ortenovo namesti 16, 170 04 Praho
7, Holesovice, Czech Republic
PTC-101
Pura Group
PUR-101
Established in 1908 as a printing
shop, the company now has six
divisions, two of which are anticounterfeiting and security &
banknote paper printing.
Jl. AKBP. Agil Kusumadya 203,
Kudus 59346, Central Java,
Indonesia
Rawdon, Wright,
Hatch & Company
RWHC101
Formed in 1832 from Rawdon,
Wright, & Compnay. Became
Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, Edson
Engravers in 1851.
Rawdon, Wright,
Hatch & Edson
Engravers
RAW-131
Established in 1851, this company
was one of the founding companies of
the American Bank Note Company
formed in 1859. The first engraver to
receive and government contract to
print US postage stamp.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Reed, Stiles & Co.
Early 1800’s banknote engravers.
Formed Reed, Stiles, Pelton, & Co.
RSC-101
100/50 Dollars, seated woman with 3 children
Reed, Stiles, Pelton &
Co.
RSP-101
Early 1800’s banknote engravers.
Produces banknotes for a number of
banks In Connecticut and
Massachusetts.
Republic Bank Note
Company
RBNC121
After ABNC bought out Western Bank
Note Company in 1901, George W
Golds resigned and with others
formed Republic Bank Note Company
in 1905. The firm produced Ohio
depression script, banknotes for
China subcontracted from Security
Banknote Company, and many stocks
and bonds. The firm merged with
Security Banknote Company in 1942,
Security retraining the company
name.
2817 Forbes Street
Pittsburgh, PA
St. Louis Bank Note
Company
St. Louis Bank Note Company
was taken over by Western
Bank Note Company in the
early 1880's
SLBN-101
Fábrica Nacional de
Moneda y Timbre
(Royal Spanish Mint)
RSM-101
c/ Jorge Juan, 106 , 28071 Madrid,
Spain
Schmidt Rhyner AG
A Swiss coating firm that has recently
entered the security coatings market
for currency.
Soodring 29
CH-8134 Adliswil-Zurich
Switzerland
Schut Paper Mill
Established in 1618. In 1998, the
Schut mill was acquired by
Papeteries de Clairefontaine.
Papierfabriek Schut currently
produces stationery, art paper and
non-banknote papers.
Kabeljauw 2, Postbus 1, NL-6866 ZG
Heelsum, Netherlands
SCHU101
Securency Pty Ltd
SPL-131
Securency is the leader in secure
polymer substrate technology and the
supplier of substrates used for the
printing of banknotes and other
security documents. Formed in 1996,
as a joint venture between the
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA),
Australia's central bank, and Innovia
Films.
PO Box 223 , Craigieburn VIC 3064,
Australia
Security Banknote
Company
SBNC101
In 1957, Security Banknote Company
merged with Columbian Banknote
Company to become SecurityColumbian Banknote Company.
Security-Columbian
Banknote Company
SCBC-111
A wholly owned subsidiary of the
United States Banknote Corporation,
along with the American Banknote
Corporation.
Shanghai Banknote
Printing Co. Ltd.
A branch of China Banknote Printing
.
No. 158, Caoyang Rd.
Shanghai, China
SBP-101
SICPA Holdings SA
Founded in 1927 by Maurice Amon,
SICPA is a multinational, multicultural
company based in Switzerland. A
global leader in security inks and
integrated security solutions for
banknotes and value documents.
SICP121D
PO Box 1000, Lausanne 16,
Switzerland
Silba International
Banknote Design &
Security Printing Inc
SIL-121
A joint venture between Mobil Oil and
Agra.
Charles Skipper &
East
SKIP-111
Produced banknotes for Bahamas,
Haiti, Puerto Rico, and others.
U.S. Sleigh Metallic
Ink Company
The Company established in 1900
manufactures printing and
lithographing inks, bronze powders,
colors and varnishes.
438 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
SLE-101a
Societe Technique
d'Impressions
Fiduciaire
STIF-101
Founded in 1842
South American
Banknote Company
SABN101
La Compania Sud-Americana de
Billettes de Banco was founded in
1887 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Using steel engraving, the company
hoped to obtain the stamps and
currency work for Argentina. The
government formed their own printing
firm, Casa de Moneda. The firm
produced stamps for Argentina,
Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay
before being liquidated in 1918.
A. Staderini
Italy
STAD-101
Statni Tiskarna Cenin
(State Security
Printing Office)
STC-101
Establish in 1928, it now makes
banknotes, documents, and other
security papers.
Růžová 6, čp. 943
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Stork Thieme
Developed Sheet Rotary System
Screen printing press.
STOR111D
Strobridge & Co.
STRO-101
Founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in about
1847, the company remained open
until 1971. Most famous for their
circus posters, the firm produced
scrip and obsolete notes for Ohio
banks before the Civil War.
Tanner, Kearney &
Tiebout
The company made banknotes in
Philadelphia from 1815 to 1822. The
company formed Tanner, Vallance,
Kearney, & Company.
TKT-101
Thailand Security
Printing Works
THAI-101
Established in 1961 to replace
outsourcing of the country’s
banknotes.
273 Samsen Road, Watsamphraya,
Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok,
Thailand
3D AG
Founded in 1989, 3D AG is one of the
world’s leading suppliers of
holographic security elements for high
security applications, including
banknotes. Eretria, Norway, and
Canada have used their holographic
services.
3D AG Laettichstrasse 4a
P.O. Box 2155
Switzerland
Toppan, Carpenter, &
Company
Formed in New York City in 1845
from Draper, Toppan, & Company.
One of the six companies to form the
American Bank Note Company.
TCC-101
Toppan, Carpenter,
Casilear & Company
TCCC-101
Toppan, Carpenter & Co. was joined
by designer and engraver John W.
Casilear in 1850 to form Toppan,
Carpenter, Casilear, & Company.
Toppan Printing
Company
Founded in 1900 as Toppan Printing
Limited Partnership at 1 Nicho-machi,
Shitaya Ward, Tokyo. In 1908,
Toppan Printing Limited Partnership
doubled its capitalization to 400,000
yen, reorganized and restarted as
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. The firm’s
banknote division makes security
paper, inks for UV, IR, intaglio, and
color shifting through Toyo Ink
subsidiary, OVDs, and holograms.
Toppan Cosmo Europe GmbH London Branch
5th Floor, 15 Basinghall Street
London EC2V 5BR
TP-101a
AB Tumba Bruk
The paper mill was once owned by
Sveriges Riksbank (the Royal
Swedish Bank) since 1755. With the
introduction of the Euro, the factory
was spun off on 31 December 2001;
they no longer produce Swedish
banknotes, but they are one of the
producers of Euro banknotes (the 6character printer code prefix is “C”).
Acquired by Crane & Company, the
paper provider for banknotes of the
United States, in January 2002.
BRUK111
S-147; 82 , Tumba Sweden.
Underwood, Bald,
Spencer, & Hufty
Formed in 1838 from Underwood,
Bald, Spencer & Company. Became
Danforth, Underwood & Company
only a year later in 1839.
UBSH101
Union de Banques
Suisses
UBS101D
UBS is one of the largest banks in
Switzerland, operating in over 50
countries. It is now over 150 years
old.
UBS AG in Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse 45
Switzerland
United States
Banknote Company
USBNC101a
Merged with American Banknote
Company in 1990, becoming the
second largest security printer in the
world.
345 Hudson Street, New York, NY
10014
Union Bank Note
Company
Steel print lithography printer, active
in the late 1800’s. Known to have
printed books and stock certificates.
Kansas City, MO.
UBNC101
No image available. Woman’s bust wearing hat on left front – green.
Victoria Security
Printing a.s
VSP-101
As the first private printing company,
established in 1991, Victoria Security
Printing, a.s. prints valuable papers
from the Czechoslovak State Bank
and The Ministry of Finance.
Ohradni 65, 145 01 Prague 4 –
Michle, Czech Republic
Walsall Security
Printers
WALS101b
Founded in 1894 as a catalog
producer. From 1952 a producer of
stamps and currency.
P.O. Box 26, Midland Road, Walsall.
WS1 3QL
Waterlow & Sons
Established 1810 by James
Waterlow. The four sons (Alfred,
Walter, Sir Sydney and Albert) joined
the company, which was converted
into a limited company in 1876,
reconstituted in 1879 and 1897.
Between 1877 and 1920, Waterlow
Bros. & Layton was a separate
company run by some of the sons. In
1932, a judgment by the House of
Lords for the firm to pay the Bank of
Portugal over 600,000 pounds nearly
bankrupted the firm. Acquired by De
La Rue & Co. Ltd. in 1961.
WS-221
Waterman Lily
Ormsby
WLO-101
Ormsby founded the New York Bank
Note Company in 1842 and became
one of the founders of the Continental
Bank Note Company in 1863.
Wellstood, Benson &
Hanks
Formed in New York City in 1848.
Eventually became Wellstood, Hanks,
Hav, & Whiting, which is one of the
six companies to form American Bank
Note Company.
WBH-101
Western Bank Note
Company
WBNC112
Formed in 1865. Bought by American
Bank Note Co. in 1901. Operated as
subsidiary until 1911. Operated as
Western Division of American Bank
Note Co. after 1911.
Chicago, Illinois
Whitehead, Morris, &
Company Ltd.
WMC101
Engraving and book publishing firm
from London, South Africa, and Egypt
in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s.
James W. Willcox
Founded in 1729, the Willcox family
owned the Willcox Paper Mill at Ivy
Mills in Delaware City, Pennsylvania.
During the American Revolution, the
Willcox paper mill furnished the
banknote paper for the Continental
Congress. Willcox refused to provide
Congress with his financial records.
Crane won the bid for U.S. banknote
paper and in 1878. Ivy Mills signed an
agreement with the German
government to produce its currency
paper.
WOL101D
Wilson W. Wilson
Engraving and
Printing
WW-101
Established circa 1830s as an
engraver and printer. Mr. Wilson
was jailed in 1853 in Boston for
counterfeiting a Merchants Bank
of Boston and Tradesmans' Bank,
Chelsea, banknotes
17 Doane Street, Boston
E. A. Wright Bank
Note Company
EAW-101
Printer of U.S. depression script and
world banknotes, including Morocco.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ZIN
ZIN-101
ZIN (The Institute for Manufacturing
Banknotes and Coins), Belgrade,
Serbia. ZIN is owned by the National
Bank of Serbia.
12 Kralja Petra St, 11 000 Beograd
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