Counterfeit Deterrent Features for the Next-Generation Currency Design

Committee on Next-Generation Currency Design, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 U.S. Banknote Counterfeiting Threats; 5 3 Assessment Methodology for Counterfeit-Deterrence; 6 4 Description and Assessment of Deterrent Features; 7 5 Counterfeit-Deterrent Strategies; 8 Appendix A: Conclusions and Recommendations From Previous National Materials Advisory Board Reports on Counterfeit Deterrence; 9 Appendix B: Advanced Non-Impact Color Reprographic Technologies; 10 Appendix C: Background on Color; 11 Appendix D: Induced Moire Pattern Background; 12 Appendix E: Methods for Authentication of Unique Random Patterns; 13 Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 14 Glossary