How to Determine Genuine Philippine Money?
Steps in recognizing genuine BSP banknotes
Version 1 and 2
1. Paper
- the genuine note is printed on a special kind of paper which is rough when we run our fingers through it.
2. Watermark
- is the shadow of the portrait appearing on the face of the note.
3. Security fibers
- embedded red and blue visible fibers are scattered at random on both surfaces of the note.
4. Embedded security thread
- special thread vertically implanted off center of the face of the note. It can easily be seen when the note is viewed against the light. It appears broken line for 5, 10 and 20 and straight line for 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000.
5. Windowed security thread
- narrow thread vertically located like “stitches” at the face of the note with clear text of the numerical value printed in repeated sequence and stripe changes color from magenta to green or green to magenta depending on the angle of view.
6. Iridescent band
- a wide glistering gold vertical with the numerical value printed in series available in the version 2 of the banknote.
7. Portrait
- appears life-like. The eye “sparkle”.
8. Serial number
- composed of 1 or 2 prefix letters and 6 to 7 digit numbers. The letters and numerals are uniform in size and thickness, evenly spaced and well-aligned.
9. Lacework design
- made up of multicolored and well defined lines, composed of web-crisscrossing lines which are continuous and traceable even at the intersection.
10. Value panel
- the numerals denoting the denomination of the note.
11. Fluorescent printing
- the invisible numeral value located off center of the face of the note that glows when exposed to ultraviolet light.
12. Micro printing
- minute and finely printed words “ Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas “ located at the face or back of the note that are clearly printed and readable.
13. Concealed value
- located at the lower left corner of the face of the note and is recognizable when the note is held at eye level. 500 pesos
14. Optically variable ink
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Version 1 and 2
1. Paper
- the genuine note is printed on a special kind of paper which is rough when we run our fingers through it.
2. Watermark
- is the shadow of the portrait appearing on the face of the note.
3. Security fibers
- embedded red and blue visible fibers are scattered at random on both surfaces of the note.
4. Embedded security thread
- special thread vertically implanted off center of the face of the note. It can easily be seen when the note is viewed against the light. It appears broken line for 5, 10 and 20 and straight line for 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000.
5. Windowed security thread
- narrow thread vertically located like “stitches” at the face of the note with clear text of the numerical value printed in repeated sequence and stripe changes color from magenta to green or green to magenta depending on the angle of view.
6. Iridescent band
- a wide glistering gold vertical with the numerical value printed in series available in the version 2 of the banknote.
7. Portrait
- appears life-like. The eye “sparkle”.
8. Serial number
- composed of 1 or 2 prefix letters and 6 to 7 digit numbers. The letters and numerals are uniform in size and thickness, evenly spaced and well-aligned.
9. Lacework design
- made up of multicolored and well defined lines, composed of web-crisscrossing lines which are continuous and traceable even at the intersection.
10. Value panel
- the numerals denoting the denomination of the note.
11. Fluorescent printing
- the invisible numeral value located off center of the face of the note that glows when exposed to ultraviolet light.
12. Micro printing
- minute and finely printed words “ Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas “ located at the face or back of the note that are clearly printed and readable.
13. Concealed value
- located at the lower left corner of the face of the note and is recognizable when the note is held at eye level. 500 pesos
14. Optically variable ink
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