Explore! What are the anti-counterfeiting printing processes for snake banknotes?
Recently, the 2024 the Year of the Loong commemorative banknote issued by China Banknote Printing and Minting Group Co., Ltd. won the HSP Best New Commemorative Banknote Award with its self-developed plastic substrate, excellent holographic color changing safety stripes and design style that inherits Chinese traditional culture.
After the Dragon Note won this world award, the 2025 Snake Year commemorative note followed closely behind. The printing process of snake banknotes continues the theme of traditional folk culture of dragon banknotes, and also showcases China's exquisite printing technology. Let's take a look with the craftsman below~
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Front pattern
The main scene on the front of the commemorative note is the shape of a snake. On the top is the national emblem of the People's Republic of China, the "People's Bank of China", and the seal "snake" character seal. On the bottom are the number "20" with the luminous variable face value and the Chinese character "twenty yuan", the dynamic holographic pattern, the transparent window, the Braille face value mark, and the crown number.
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Back pattern
The main scene on the back of the commemorative banknote is the pattern of children pasting Spring Festival couplets, supplemented by the decorative pattern of Shanxi folk houses. Above is the face number "20", the Chinese phonetic alphabet "YUAN", and below is the flower and dynamic holographic pattern, the year number "2025", the president's seal, the face number "20", the Chinese phonetic alphabet of "the People's Bank of China", and the words of "the People's Bank of China twenty yuan" in Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Zhuang four national characters.
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Dynamic holography
Located below the ticket. By changing the observation angle, the decorative patterns composed of "Ruyi Cloud Pattern", "Plum Blossom" and "Fu" characters can be seen on the front of the ticket, presenting a multi colored dynamic feature.
Vertical observation
Tilt observation
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Clear Window
Located below the ticket. On the back of the ticket, the decorative pattern of the character "Fu" inside the "Treasure Bottle Flower Window" presents a golden effect.
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Radiant light changing pattern
Located on the left side of the front of the ticket. By changing the observation angle, the color of the denomination number "20" changes between gold and green, and a circular halo effect is visible.
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Carving intaglio patterns
Carving intaglio printing is considered one of the best anti-counterfeiting technologies in the world. Carving intaglio patterns are vivid and realistic, with rich colors, and can be easily judged for authenticity through touch and vision.
The national emblem on the front of the ticket, the name of the "People's Bank of China", the seal "snake" character seal, the shape of the snake, the Chinese character "twenty yuan", the Braille face mark, the face number "20" on the back of the ticket, the Chinese phonetic alphabet "YUAN", the pattern of children pasting Spring Festival couplets, the year number "2025", the president's seal, the Chinese phonetic alphabet of the "People's Bank of China", and the words "twenty yuan of the People's Bank of China" in Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Zhuang four national characters are all engraved intaglio printing, with a sense of concavity.