Billetes de Prueba

Advanced Track & ATT-
Trace 101aD
Advanced Track & Trace provides
authentication solutions embedded in
bank notes through printing or directly
in the materials. Patented systems
developed with the Bank of France
® ®
include SealNote , Sealgn@ture
®
and SealTaglio .
99 avenue de la Châtaigneraie
92504 Rueil Malmaison
France
1 Test note attributed

Aestron Security ASD-
Design 101D
An acquired security consultancy
of Joh. Enschedé
Zeverijinstraat 12, 1216 GK
Hilversum, The Netherlands
American Banknote ABNC-

Company 192NC
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 & AND-
Son 101NC
Engraving firm active in the mid-
1800’s. Produced shares for The
Baltimore & Havana Steamship
Company.
148 Baltimore Street,
Baltimore, Maryland
Applegarth and AC-

Cowper 111aNC
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.

Applied Optical AOT-
Technologies 101a
Founded in 1983 as Applied
Holographics in Great Britain. Now
called OpSec Security Group Plc.. A
single source global provider of anti-
counterfeiting and brand protection
management solutions. OpSec
manufactures holographic threads for
use by the banknote printing industry.
7333 W. Jefferson Ave
Lakewood, CO, 80235

Arjo Wiggins SAS AW-311
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 AP-101
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

Atlantic Bank Note ATL-121
Company
Established 2006 Private banknote
firm in the United States.

Ault & Wiborg AWT-101
Company
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

Bacon & Bacon BB-111
A small private company providing
design, hand engraving, photo
etching, plate making, lithography and
intaglio, screen printing, and
hologram application for checks,
banknotes, share and bond
certificates, and visa and passport
papers.
The Bewick Studios, Wooley High
House
Allendale, Northumberland
England

Bald, Cousland & Co. BC-101
In 1853, Cousland joined with Bald of
Danforth, Bald and Co. to form Bald,
Cousland & Co. As one of seven
firms, the firm contributed 12.8% of
resources for formation of American
Bank Note Company in 1858.
No.9 Nassau Street
New York NY
Banca Romana BR-101b

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

Banknote Corporation BCA-101
of America
Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciare
created the Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc, an Oberthur subsidiary
in the 1990s. The spin-off set up BCA
in a former ABNC plant in Suffern,
NY, and transferring ownership of
printing plates and printing
machinery. BCA also took on some
ABNC personnel. In 1995, the firm
moved to North Carolina. Banknote
Corporation of America is now a
wholly-owned subsidiary of CCL
Secure (was Securancy), the maker
of Guardian polymer substrate. The
firm has a range of secure and
printing capabilities, including
multicolor web and sheet intaglio,
offset, flexo, fil/hologram application,
patented technologies, trademarked
products, numbering and digital print.
6109 Corporate Park Dr
Browns Summit, NC 27214

BCA\GSSC Security BCAA-
Alliance 101
This is an alliance of Banknote
Corporation of America and Graphic
Security Systems Corporation.
Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciare
created the Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc, an Oberthur subsidiary
in the 1990s. The spin-off set up BCA
in a former ABNC plant in Suffern,
NY, and transferring ownership of
printing plates and printing
machinery. BCA also took on some
ABNC personnel. In 1995, the firm
moved to North Carolina. Banknote
Corporation of America is now a
wholly-owned subsidiary of CCL
Secure (was Securancy), the maker
of Guardian polymer substrate. The
firm has a range of secure and
printing capabilities, including
multicolor web and sheet intaglio,
offset, flexo, fil/hologram application,
patented technologies, trademarked
products, numbering and digital print.
Graphic Security Systems
Corporation (GSSC) has provided its
patented Security Indicia™ to
government authorized security
printers and major corporations
globally for more than 38 years.
GSSC has a depth of experience that
began in traditional banknote printing
and has since extended into
numerous verticals within the
Document Security and Brand
Protection sectors.
6109 Corporate Park Dr
Browns Summit, NC 27214
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 BABC-
Founded in 1866. Canadian 132
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
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

John F. Beazell JFB-
Well known counterfeit detection 101aD
expert, as was his son in the mid
1800s.
Beijing Banknote BBPC-111

Printing Corporation
Part of China Banknote and Printing
RECORD PRICE FOR A SINGLE
TEST NOTE – 2019 sale, $46,000 +
fees.
No. 23,Baizhifangxijie,
Xuanwu District, Beijing,
China

Belgium National BELG-111
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

Blades, East and BLAD-101
Blades
A steam printer formed in 1840 when
William Blades apprenticed with his
father in London.
23 Abchurch Lane,
Leonard Street
London, England

Boston Bank Note BOST-101
Company
Best known as a printer of stamps
and bank notes for the Kingdom of
Hawaii in the 1830s. Also printed
notes for Bank of Owasso, Michigan.
39 State Street
Boston, MA
BNB Printing Works BNB-

Established in 2001 as maker of 101a
Bulgaria National Bank currency and
security documents.
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
Henry Bradbury & Co. BE-101

Established in 1850s by Henry
Bradbury, the company began
printing banknotes in 1956, the year
the firm changed names to Bradbury-
Wilkinson as a maker of currency and
postage stamps.
12 & 13 Fetter Lane, Fleet St.
London, England

Bradbury-Wilkinson BW-341b
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.
25 and 27 Farringdon Road
London, England

British American (see BA Banknote Group)
Banknote Company
Brooks Bank Note Co BBNC-101
Lithographic printer using steel plates
active in the late 1800’s.
Boston Office
44 Bedford St.
Springfield MA
Bundesdruckerei BUND-
GmbH 132b
One of the leading companies in
high-security 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

Bureau of Engraving BEP-101
and Printing
In 1862 workers at the new BEP
signed, separated, and trimmed
sheets of United States notes. By
1877, the BEP became the sole
producer of U.S. money.
th
14 and C Streets, SW
Washington, DC 20228

Burton & Gurley Bank BB-101
Note Engravers
Produced Bank of Kentucky notes,
among others
New York, New York
California Ink CIC-101a

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.

Canada Bank Note CNB-104
Company
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.
526 & 528 Craig St.
Montreal, Canada

Canadian Banknote CNBC-
Company 113a
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 CDMA-
de Argentina 101
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,
Casa da Moeda do CDMB-

Brazil 101bD
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 CDMC-
Chile 122
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 & CTC-101

Company
The company was formed in
Philadelphia by the engraver Charles
Topan in 1834. Then merged with
Draper, Underwood, Bald, Spencer, &
Hufty to form Draper, Toppan,
Longacre & Company in 1837.
Chengdu Banknote CHEN-111

Printing Co. Ltd
Originally East River Printing
Company, the name was changed
when it moved to Chengdu Wenjiang
in 1993. Chengdu Banknote Printing
Co., Ltd. is a large-scale
comprehensive printing enterprise
affiliated with China Banknote
Printing and Mint Co., Ltd., which
mainly produces legal tender
currency for the country of
production, integrates anti-
counterfeiting printing, special paper
production, precious metal
processing and power support.
No. 189, Xinjian Rd.
Wenjiang, Chengdu,Sichuang, China
postalcode:611130

China Banknote Ink CBIC-101
Co. Ltd.
Established in 2001. Supplies inks to
China Banknote Printing and Minting.
Xiuyan Rd, Pudong,
Shanghai, China
China Banknote CBPC-201

Printing and Minting
Complex
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 CBEP-101
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.

J. Clark Engraving JC-101
Engraver of stamps and maps from
the late 1700’s to mid 1800’s.

Columbian Banknote CBC-101
Company
In 1957, Security Banknote Company
merged with Columbian Banknote
Company to become Security-
Columbian Banknote Company.
Sir William Congreve CONG-

In 1821, Sir William Congreve 102
patented a process he described as
compound-plate printing, with the aim
of countering rising levels of banknote
forgery. The Bank of England did not
adopt his process, but it was used for
years by a private printing house in
London.
Continental Bank Note CONT-

Company 101
The company was formed in 1863.
Merged with American Bank Note
Company in 1879.

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
CSIRO CSI-101
(Commonwealth
Scientific & Ind
Research Org)
Formed in 1926 as an Australian
government agency for scientific
research in Australia. CSIRO played
a major role in the creation of polymer
banknotes, a revolution in the world
of banknotes that started in 1968,
when the Reserve Bank of Australia
(RBA) requested a scientific solution
to the problem of forgery. CSIRO,
RBA and the University of Melbourne
joined their knowledge, and in 1988
the first legal tender polymer note –
the $10 Aborigine note of Australia.

Crane & Company CRAN-141
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.
40 Pioneer Street
Dalton, MA. 01226

Culver, Page, Hoyne & CPHC-101
Co.
The firm was an engraver and
lithographer using steel and copper
plates. They produced Bounty
Warrants and revenue stamped bank
checks. The elaborate building they
had built in 1870 was destroyed in
the great Chicago fire of 1871. The
firm sold the business in 1881.
118 & 120 Moroe Street
Chicago, Illinois
Currency Note Press CNP-101

CNP was established in 1928 as a
wholly owned unit of Security Printing
and Minting Corporation of India
Limited and was the first printing
press for bank notes in India. Located
in Nashik, Maharashtra, CNP and
BNP (Bank Note Press), print the
Indian currency notes. By 1932 CNP
was printing the entire spectrum of
Indian Currency Notes.
Nashik Road
Maharashtra, India

Dai Nippon Printing DNP-101
Co., Ltd.
In 1935 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
was formed with the merger between
Shueisha and Nisshin Printing Co.,
Ltd. Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.
(DNP) in conjunction with Nippon
Paint Co., Ltd. has developed
®
"Secure Image Foil", the world's first
Lippman Hologram Hot-stamping Foil
(HSF). Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.
(DNP) also successfully combined
hologram technology and printing
technology to record as images with
depth, three-dimensional structures
viewed at the nano-level
1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8001, Japan

Danforth, Bald & DBC-101
Company
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 DUC-

& Company 101D
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.
Debdens (Security DEB-101d

Printer for Bank of
England)
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 TDLR-
Established 1813 as Thomas De La 623a
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.
De La Rue House; Jays Close;
Viables, Basingstoke; Hampshire;
RG22 4BS United Kingdom

E. Desfosses DES-111
Security printer in Paris, France.
Danmarks National DEN-101c

Bank
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. DIPA-
Beside the basepaper of the 101D
Hungarian banknote generation,
Diósgyőr Papermill produces the
paper of currency from all over the
world.
Hegyalja út 203/1
Miskolc, Hungary 3535
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 DOM-
Founded in England in1903 as 101b
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.
609, Rang 12 -- C.P. 1010, Windsor
(Québec) Canada, J1S 2L9

Draper, Toppan & Co DTC-101
Formed in 1840 from Draper, Toppan
& Longacre when Longacre exited.
The firm became Toppan, Carpenter
& Co. in 1845.
No 1 Wall Street
New York, New York

Draper, Toppan & DTL-101
Longacre
Formed in 1837 from Draper,
Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty.
Became Draper, Toppan & Co. in
1840. Produced banknotes for
Switzerland and Texas.
Draper, Underwood, DUBS-

Bald, & Spencer 101D
Formed in 1833 from Draper,
Underwood & Company.
No.47 Sansom St.
Philiadelphia, PA
Draper, Welsh and DW-101a

Company
Formed in 1851 from Draper &
Company. See ABNC family tree for
full list of firms.
No.47 Sansom St.
Philiadelphia, PA

Durand & Company DC-101
Active in the 1830’s
Durand, Perkins & DPC-101

Company
Printer of obsolete bank notes in the
1830s. The firm was formed from A.
B. & C. Durand, Wright & Co. in 1825.
The firm ceased to exist is 1832
Durand, Wright, & DWC-101

Company
A New York city engraving firm
formed in 1823 by Cyrus Durand and
C.C. Wright. In 1824, the firm
changed to A.B. & C. Durand, Wright
& Co. with the addition of Cyrus'
brother Asher B Durand. See ABNC
family tree for full list of firms.
22 ½ Merchants’ Exchange
Philadelphia, PA

E. C. Starr ECS-101
E. & C. Starr was a Congreve Patent
style firm active in the 1800’s.
Eleazer Huntington EHBE-101

Banknote Engravers
Huntington was an engraver of
banknotes, maps, and best known for
copies of the Declaration of
Independence. Born 1789, died 1852.
500 Doll St.
Hartford, Connecticut

Johan Enschede en ZEZ-112b
Zonen
Dutch Printer of Euro banknotes for
six countries in the Union (the 6-
character printer code prefix is “G”).
Now owned by Crane and Company,
Bankbiljettendrukkerij BV, Postbus
114, 2000 AC Haarlem , the
Netherlands

Bank of Estonia EST-101
Established 1919. Re-opened in
1990 when independence regained.
Estonia Bld.13, 15095 Tallinn,
Estonia
Eugene Olson EO-101

Company
Eugene Olson Company was
founded in 1920. Eugene Olson
Company specializes in
manufacturing - engraving on copper,
steel, wood, or rubber: printing plates.
164 Holcomb Hill Road
New Hartford, CT 06057

European Central ECB-101
Bank
The ECB started in 1998 following the
Treaty of Amsterdam that amended
the Treaty on the European Union.
During this time, the national central
banks of the 11 EU member states
transferred their monetary policy
function to the ECB. The Euro was
introduced on January 1, 1999.
There are presently 28 countries
using the Euro cash system.
Kaiserstrasse 29, D-60311

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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, & FDU-101

Underwood
Formed in 1823 from Murray, Draper,
Fairman & Company.
47 Samson Street
Philadelphia, Pa
Federated Banknote FBC-101

Co.
Thomas De La Rue, the large UK
bank note printer, entered the US
stock certificate market. As well as
De La Rue, the firm started the
Federated Banknote Company.
Active from the 1960’s into the 1990s,
both firms abandoned the market as
the use of physical stocks continued
to disappear.

Ferdinand Mayer & FMC-101
Co.
A lithograph company active from
early 1800’s through the 1860’s. The
firm produced merchant script and
bank checks. The firm probably was
attempting to find civil war script
clients.
96 Fulton Street & 3 Spruce Street
New York, New York

Bank of Finland FIN-101a
The world's fourth oldest national
central bank was established by Tsar
Alexander I of Russia.
P.O. Box 160, FI-00101 Helsinki,
Finland
H.C. Foote FOO-

Engraver, best known for “Universal 101D
Counterfeit Detector” book dated
1849.
763 Greenwich Street
New York NY
Forbes Lithograph FORB-101

Manufacturing Co.
William H. Forbes founded William H.
Forbes and Company in 1862. In
1875, the firm incorporated as Forbes
Lithograph Manufacturing Company.
They focused on lithography,
embossing, Albertype process
printing, typesetting, copper and steel
plate printing, and photolithography.
At its height, Forbes Lithograph
Manufacturing Company had over 70
presses located in Boston, New York,
Chicago, and London, and staffed
more than 600 workers, including 60
designers, artists, engravers, and
lithograph artists. During World War II
they were major printers of Allied
military currency, producing more
than 4 billion notes. The firm went out
of business in the second half of the
20th century.
181 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA

Francois-Charles FCO-284a
Oberthur Fiduciaire
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 Bank- FLBNC-
Note Company 101
Formed as an American Bank Note
Co. subsidiary in 1897 by merger of
Franklin Bank Note Co. and Homer
Lee Bank Note Co. Became
Franklin-Lee Division of American
Bank Note Co. in 1904.
142 Broadway
New York, New York
A. Gast Bank Note & GAST-101

Lithographic Co
August Gast and his brother,
Leopold, immigrated to America from
Germany in 1848, bringing with them
a lithographing press. In 1852, they
formed Leopold Gast & Brother
Lithograph. Co., which in 1866
became August Gast & Co. August
grows his Lithography company, and
in 1885 sells August Gast & Co.,
which at the time was the largest
Company of its type in the country.
August then starts the August Gast
Bank Note & Lithograph Co. The firm
made Morman notes, intaglio checks
and stock certificates.
1 Brentwood Blvd.
St. Louis Missouri 63108

John E. Gavit, Bank JG-101
Note Engraver and
Printer
John E. Gavit established his printing
firm in the 1830s, but was the
smallest of the seven firms to form
the American Bank Note Company in
1858. While active with his firm, he
was the engraver of the Pomeroy
stamp and obsolete banknotes for the
Presidents Bank, Washington D.C.
John Gavit went on to become
ABNC's president from 1867-74.
4 Exchange Building
Albany, New York
General Banknote GABNC-

Corporation 101
Little known printing company,
recorded as purchasing printing
equipment from Hamilton Banknote &
Printing Company in 1936. It was
bankrupt by 1940.
Rochester New York
3
Giesecke & Devrient GD-483a
GmbH
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. GIOR-
In 1952, KGA acquired 50% stake in 201ab
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.
Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg
Facility , 97010 Würzburg, P.O. Box
60 60, Germany

Gleitsmann Security GSI-151
Inks
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 GOE-111
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
Goes Printing Press GOES-101

Company
Goes Printing Press Company dates
back to at least 1890 as a maker of
straightline printing presses.
42 West 61st Street
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Goznak (State Printing GOZ-413

Office)
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

Grabados Fernando GFF-101
Fernández
Fernando Fernández worked in the
Mexican Government Printing Office
for the Constitutionalist Movement,
headed by Venustiano Carranza,
where he became the Head of the
Department of Engraving. There, he
designed the one and two peso
notes. In 1929, he founded the
company Grabados (Engraver)
Fernando Fernández with his son,
Rubén. Held 2 US patents for intaglio
printing and plate printing.
Mexico City, Mexico 03340.
Popocatepetl 204

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 GCB-101
Boston
The firm produced banknotes for U.S.
obsolete banks in the early 1800’s.
12 Court Street,
Boston, Massachusetts
Graphic Security GS-112

Systems
The firm was founded in the mid
1970’s and patented the anti-
counterfeiting Security Indicia™. The
process can be applied directly in the
high security printing process and
laser engraving process. The
security indicia is detectable in
transmitted light, wherein the security
indicia are located within the bounds
of a security pattern acting to visually
conceal the security pattern in
reflected light.
4450 Jog Road
Lake Worth, FL, 33467

H. Gugler & Son, Bank GUG-101
Lithographers
German born Henry Gugler moved to
New York to do freelancing as an
engraver. He worked for several bank
note engraving companies in New
York City. In 1863 the National Note
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
hired him as one of their first vignette
engravers. Gugler worked as a bank
note engraver in Chicago in 1870. He
moved to Milwaukee to join his son,
Julius Gugler, who was working with
Henry Seifert as a lithographer. The
three artists went on to form Seifert,
Gugler and Company (a.k.a.
Milwaukee Lithographing and
Engraving). Gugler and his son
formed their own firm, H. Gugler and
Son, in Milwaukee in 1878. Upon his
death in 1880, Julius took over the
business and continued it as the
Gugler Lithographing Co. - the oldest
lithographic firm in Wisconsin. Gugler
& Son produced checks and
depression scrip.
63 to 65 Huron St.
Milwaukee Wis

Hamilton Bank Note HBNC-
Company 101a
In 1884 the company was
incorporated as the Hamilton Bank
Note Engraving & Printing Company,
with N F Seebeck as general
manager and secretary. The firm
produced banknotes for China,
Colombia, Curacao, Guatemala,
Nicaragua and Panama. The firm
was liquidated in 1948. Its engraving
plates were acquired by Security
Banknote Company of Philadelphia in
1951.
61 Broadway
New York, New York
.

Hampshire Paper Co HPC-101
In April 1866 the Glasgow Co.was
sold to Edward, Wells, and John
Southworth, previous stockholders
who organized the Hampshire Paper
Co. and produced Old Hampshire
bond. Hampshire Paper was
managed by the Southworth family
until late 1935 when the Hampshire
mill machines were shut down.
South Hadley, MA
T. C. Hansard HAN-111
Thomas Curson Hansard (1776-
1833) was the son of Luke Hansard
who became printer to the House of
Commons. He founded the printing
firm the Paternoster Row Press. In
1818, he submitted a proposal for the
anti-forgery prize from the Bank of
England. Unlike most printers using
steel engraved steel plates, Warren
championed “stereotyped” plates and
submitted what he called a
“Typographic Note”. With an
engraved note requiring 20 different
skills, no one or even a small gang of
forgers could properly duplicate a
note correctly.
London, England

Harrisons Security HARR-
Printers 111b
Founded in 1750 as Harrison & Sons,
the English banknote and stamp
printer was acquired in 1997 by De La
Rue. The firm produced notes for
Botswana, Dominican Republic,
Guatemala, Iran, Malaysia,
Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nepal,
Nicaragua, Singapore, Swaziland,
Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zaire.
Catalog prefix changed from HARR to
HS to reflect common abbreviation for
this printer.
High Wycombe, England

Hass Banknote HASS-
Engraving Company 101D
The company was formed by Paul E.
Hass by 1910. He purportedly
worked as an engraver for the
American Bank Note Company.
The firm is known to have produced
stamps for Honduras. The firm used
steel and copper plate engraving
51 Liberty Street
New York, New York

Hatch & Company HC-112
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 1889.
New York, New York
R. Hoe & Company HOE-

A printing press manufacturer with 101b
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
C. F. Hoeckel Blank CFH-101a

Books & Litho
Company
Charles F. Hoeckel form the firm as
early as 1900. At one point, it was
considered one of the largest printing
firms west of Chicago, with nearly 100
workers. The firm made stock
certificates (especially mining firms in
the Rockies) and checks. Mr.
Hoeckel and Mr. Helme started the
Rocky Mountain Banknote Company
in 1900. The C. F. Hoeckel firm was
active well into the 2000s.
1524-1528 Arapahoe St.
Denver, CO

A. Hoen & Company HOEN-
A. Hoen & Co. was a Baltimore, 101
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.
2101 E. Biddle Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Hologram Industries HOLO-

Hologram Industies” Alphagram® 50 103
protects 50, 100, 200, and 500 Euro
banknotes.
Parc d'activités Gustave Eiffel, 22
avenue de l'Europe, 77600 Bussy
Saint Georges, Paris, France
Homer Lee Banknote HOME-

Company 111
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

M. Hudson HUD-
M. Hudson was a banknote paper 101D
maker in New England.
Manchester Station, Connecticut

Hueck Foils HUE-
Hueck Foils Protecco high-security 124b
anti-counterfeiting foil introduced in
March 2003.
HUECK FOILS L.L.C., 1955 Highway
34, Building Two, Wall, New Jersey
07719
John Holt Ibbetson IBB-101

John Holt Ibbetson was one of the
forerunners of banknote security
printing and his Geometric Chuck
Machine can be seen in the Science
Museum, London. He published ‘A
Practical View of an Invention for the
Better Protecting Banknotes Against
Forgery' of 1820.
IQ Structures s.r.o. IQ-101D

Founded in 2012, the company
specializes in 3D printing,
nanotechnology, electron beam
recorded holograms, and micro and
nano-taggants for fraud protection.
IQ Structures s.r.o.
Čimická 819/86b
182 00 Prague 8
Inovink INOV-
The firm was founded in 2004, 101a
specializing in research,
development, and commercialization
of novel security technology. It
presently holds 29 patents in this
field, including machine-readable
security features.
The Innovation Centre
217 Portobello
Shelfield, S1 4DP
United Kingdom

International Bank IBNC-101
Note Company
United States firm with plants in New
York City and Chicago. It was
absorbed by American Banknote
Company in 1905.
15 Broadway
New York, New York
International Security ISP-101

Products
Founded in 1979, the company
specializes in the development and
production of technologies related to
anti-fraud security solutions. It
provides printed security solutions
utilizing its security print facilities. The
company also markets specialty
security inks, paper and products to
its customers. Products include stock
certificates, checks, and other
government and private sector
security papers.
1760 Commerce Way
Paso Robles, CA 93446 – USA
Istituto Poligrafico e IPZS-101

Zecca dello Stato
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

Jeffries Banknote JEFF-
Company 101a
William Parrish Jeffries started the
printing and engraving firm in 1906 as
J.P. Jeffries Company. In 1928, the
company announced the
incorporation of Jeffries Banknote
Company and became the only
company on the West coast to have
the equipment to produce bonds and
stock certificates engraved in
accordance with the New York Stock
Exchange. The firm produced
counterfeit-proof official IOUs for
Bolivia in 1984, script for China, and
postage stamps for Panama. It was
acquired by U.S. Banknote Company
L.P. in 1989.
Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

Jocelyn, Draper, JDW-
Welsh & Co 111a
The firm was created when Jocelyn
joined the firm of Draper, Welsh, &
Co. in 1854 at the Philadelphia
Branch office. The firm was one of
the seven founding companies of
American Banknote Company with
8.4% contribution when it formed in
1858.
22 ½ Merchants’ Exchange
New York, New York

F E Jones JON-101
Steel engraver of the late 1800’s.
Most active with art engravings.
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4 & Main Streets
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jura Security Design JSP-191a

Jura is a global brand name in the
high-security graphic arts trade as a
high-tech developer and supplier.
Jura offers complete security
prepress systems including software
and hardware solutions from graphic
design to print-ready plate making for
banknote printers. Established 1992,
Jura is a maker of graphic security
processes, with office in Austira.
H-1125 Budapest
Fészek u. 3, Hungary

Banknote Factory of KAZ-131
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

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
In August of 1861 Edward Keatinge,
an Englishman who worked as an
engraver for the American Bank Note
Company, relocated to Richmond,
Virginia upon receiving an offer from
the Confederate government to
establish a printing firm. Keatinge
partnered with Thomas Ball, a lawyer,
who was invited by Confederate
Treasury Secretary C.G. Memminger
to join in the founding of the firm.
Columbia, South Carolina

Kendall Bank Note KBNC-
Company 101D
The company was founded in 1877,
later renamed the New York Bank
Note Company. The company was
an engraver of stock certificates as
well as currency for Banco de Patricio
Milmo (Mexico).
Number 1 Broadway
New York, New York

K. K. Hof - U. KKH-101a
Staatsdruckerei
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 KOM-261
Machinery Co. Ltd.
Komori was established in 1923. In
1958 it supplied a two-color sheet-fed
dry offset press to the National
Printing Bureau of Japan for the
Ministry of Finance and is still the sole
supplier for presses for Japanese
currency. It is 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. Its equipment is used in
over 60 countries.
Azumabashi,Sumida-ku,Tokyo

Korea Minting KOMSC-
Security Printing & 101
Minting
Formed in 1951, 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. It has also produced a
bank note for Peru.
(Gajeong-dong) 80-67 Gwahak-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-713,
Republic of Korea.

A. Krebs & Bro KREB-101
The firm was a maker of maps and
bonds in the mid 1800’s.
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Wood & 4 Street
Pittsburg, PA
Krypten KRY-101
Formed in 1999, Krypten is the
largest Russian manufacturer of
security holograms. In 2011 both the
Russian and Belorussian upgrades to
their 5,000 and 200,000 ruble notes
incorporated a new Krypten thread
feature called Mobile that utilizes
Fresnel lenses and the phenomenon
of refraction (bending of waves.
Priborostroiteley street d. 2
141981 Dubna, Moscow Region
Russian Federation

Kurz KURZ-291
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.
Tucherstr. 2, 90763 Fürth, Germany
Kusters Engineering KUST-101

A leading manufacturer of currency
disintegration systems.
Lahnpaper GmbH
Auf Brühl 15-27
56112 Lahnstein
Germany

Lahnpaper GmbH LP-101D
A papermill established in 1911 by G.
Löbbecke. This now includes security
papers and substrates for security
systems.
Landis+Gyr AG, Feldstrasse 1, CH-
6301 Zug, Switzerland
Landis + Gyr AG LGYR-103

The firm was established in 1896: a
maker of electrical metering
equipment. Later called OVD
Kinegram AG. Landis+Gyr teamed
up with Kurz to produce OVDs for
Austrian and Swiss banknotes. Kurz
bought OVD Kinegram in 1999.
Landis+Gyr AG, Feldstrasse 1, CH-
6301 Zug, Switzerland

LandQart LAND-
A subsidiary of Fortress Paper Ltd 101
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.
Kantonsstrasse 16 , CH-7302
Landquart ,Switzerland
LenSys LS-101D
LenSys is a joint venture between
KBA-NotaSys and Lumenco, a
development company based in
Denver, Colorado. LenSys provides
technology based level 1 security
features combining advanced lens
structures with high precision
simultan based offset printing. The
lenses are designed in combination to
ensure clear and effective visual
results simplifying public recognition
and verification, while being fully
integrated into the banknote design.
c/o KBA-NotaSys SA
Avenue du Grey 55, 1018 Lausanne

Theo. Leonhardt & TLS-111
Son
In 1874 German-born and -trained
lithographer Theodore Leonhardt
(1818-1877) entered into partnership
with his son Arno (1850-1909) after
over twenty years in the Philadelphia
lithographic trade. Leonhardt, a
producer of certificates, bonds,
checks, diplomas, cards, letterheads,
and labels continued to specialize in
bank and mercantile lithography after
his son joined him in managing the
business.
324 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia PA

Llenas y Cia. S.A. LCIA-101
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
Joseph Lockett & LOCK-101

Sons Co.
From the 1800s, a printer of banker
notes, checks, bills, labels, and
invoices. The firm was well known as
engravers and for manufacturing
copper roller machines. The firm was
dissolved in 1827, but re-emerged as
Joseph Lockett Sons & Leake.
Moulton Street, Strangeways
Manchester, England
John A. Lowell Bank LBN-131

Note
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 National Bank Note
Company
228 Washington Street,
Boston MA
Louisenthal LOU-151
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

Luminescence LUM-151
International Limited
Founded in 1987 as a manufacturer
of security and specialist printing inks
for customers in over 100 countries.
The firm name has changed to
Luminescence Sun Chemical
Security, since it is now part of the
Sun Chemical/DIC.
The Fairway, Harlow, Essex, CM18
6NG, UK

Maverick, Engraver & MAV-101
Printer
Samuel Maverick was a copperplate
engraver, active in the 1820 to
1840’s. One of his apprentices was
John W. Casilear who produced
banknotes with the firm Toppan,
Carpenter, Casilear & Company in
the 1850’s.
Franklin Office, 85 Liberty Street
New York, New York

Peter Maverick PM-101
Son of Peter Rushton Maverick, he
published his first work at the age of
nine. He established his own
business in NYC in 1802. Asher B.
Durand became his apprentice and,
from 1817 to 1820, his partner.
Maverick returned to NYC in 1820
and took up lithography. During his
lifetime he engraved or lithographed
about 1500 bookplates, bank notes,
maps, and books and magazine
illustrations. He also engraved
portraits. Maverick remained in NYC
until his death. Among his many
pupils were Robert C. Bruen and
John W. Casilear. Engravers Samuel
and Andrew Maverick were his
brothers.
149 Broadway
New York, New York

McCaskie Banknote MCC-101
Company
Steele engraver, based at 116 Liberty
Street, New York, New York in 1916.
A member of the Employing
Engravers, Printers, and Embossers
Association of New York.
43 Cortlandt Street,
New York, New York
Edward Mendel EM-101

Lithography &
Engraving
Edward arrived in Chicago in 1853,
producing maps and other
lithographs. The firm was eventually
formed as the Chicago branch of the
National Bank Note Company.
Lake Street 162 & 164 cor. La Salle
Chicago, IL

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 MEX-171

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
Miller & Boyle MIL-101

Lithographics company active in the
late 1800’s.
New York, New York.
Mitsubishi MIT-101
Lithographic Presses
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 & MFC-101

Company
Murray, Fairman & Company was a
Philadelphia engraver, established in
1819. The firm produced bank notes
for Porto Rico and the United States.
47 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, Pa.

Nanchang Banknote NBPC-
Printing Co. ,Ltd. 101
In 1970, part of the plant was
transferred to Lianhua County in
Jiangxi Province for the construction
of a small three-lane line and to name
it "712 Plant." In 1985, 712 factories
were rebuilt in Nanchang. Now with
over 1,100 workers, the plants
produce China’s yuan currency in
Jiangxi enterprise area.
No. 153, Hancheng Rd., Xi'an
Shanxi, China
postalcode:710077

Nanjing Mint Co. Ltd. NMC-101
Nanjing Mint Co., Ltd. was founded in
1985 as a wholly owned subsidiary of
China Banknote Printing and Mint
Corporation. The Nanjing Mint Co.,
Ltd. is engaged in R & D and
manufacturing of printing and coinage
special equipment, circulation of coin
production, value-added tax invoices
and security printing.
Jiangnan District, Nanjing City
Jiangsu Province, Tin Yin Road 919

Nanotech Security Corp. NSC-101
Nanotech researches, creates and
produces Nano-optic products that have
brand protection and enhancement
applications across a wide range of
markets including banknotes, tax
stamps, secure government documents,
commercial branding, and the
pharmaceutical industry. In 2014, the
company acquired Fortress Paper’s
plant which makes security film for
banknotes. In 2016 it commenced
delivery of Nanotech’s proprietary color-
shifting Optical Thin Film (“OTF”) used
as windowed security thread in
2
banknotes for a large Asian country. M
was introduced at the 2018 Dallas and
Vancouver Banknote Conferences.
#505 – 3292 Production Way
Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 4R4

National Bank Note NBNC-
Company 101
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.
No. 1 Wall St.
New York, New York
National Bank of Egypt NBE-

Founded in 1898, the National Bank of 101aD
Egypt is the oldest and largest bank in
Egypt.
PO Box 11611, National Bank of Egypt
Tower, 1187 Corniche El Nil, Cairo
Plaza, Cairo, Egypt
National Bank of NBR-101

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
National Bank of NBU-101

Ukraine
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 NETH-

Netherlands 111c
The Central Bank of The Netherlands
was formed in 1946 with duties including
production and management of the
country’s monetary system.
P.O. Box 98
1000 AB Amsterdam

New England Bank Note NEBNC-
Company 101a
Formed in 1833, the company merged
with Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, & Edson in
1847, who were one of the six firms to
form American Bank Note Company. It
was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
American Bank Note Company. The
firm produced notes for Canada,
Venezuela and the Danish West Indies.
Boston, Massachusetts

New York Bank Note NYBNC-
Company 101D
The company was founded in 1877 as
the Kendall Bank Note Company. The
engraver made stock certificates as well
as bank notes for the Bank of Clifton
(Canada) and Banco Occidental
(Mexico).
Number 1 Broadway
New York, New York
North Pacific Bank Note NPBN-

Company 101
The firm was established in 1906. The
firm produced maps, books, checks,
drafts, bills of exchange, certificates of
deposit, and promissory notes. It
remained in business into the 1970s.
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117 S. 8 St.
Tacoma WA
Norway Bank NOR-

In 1816, two years after the separation 111b
from Denmark and the union with
Sweden, Norges Bank was established.
P.O. Box 1179 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo,
Norway

Note Printing Australia NPA-
Note Printing Australia (NPA) is a 121b
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.
Limited, 1 - 9 Potter Street, Craigieburn,
Victoria 3064, Australia

N*T*Graff GRAF-
A security printer and a licensee of the 131a
Ministry of Finances of the Russian
Federation. The firm produced the
Mavrodi bons.
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
Officina Carte Valori OCV-101

In the 1940s some Italian banknotes
were printed in a Officina Carte Valori
facility in L'aquila, Italy. There were in
total 13 printing facilities. The only one
surviving is directly under the
supervision of the Istituto Poligrafico e
Zecca dello Stato (IPZS; “Zecca" means
"mint") which delegates to the Officina
Carte Valori the making of Italian stamps
and other documents.
L'aquila, Italy

Opalux OPAL-
Opalux was founded in 2006 to produce 101
optically variable security devices for
banknotes and passports
MaRS Centre, South Tower
101 College Street, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7

OpSec OS-101a
OpSec was founded in 1983 as Applied
Holographics in Great Britain. The firm
was renamed Applied Optical
Technologies. The company has major
offices in five countries. Currency
related products include foils, laminates,
and security threads. For earlier issues,
see Applied Optical Technologies.
4 Barton Close
Grove Park, Enderby
Leicester, LE19 1SJ, UK

Optaglio s.r.o. OPT-
Optaglio focuses on development and 102aD
production of optical security devices
and holograms and is the world leader in
electron beam lithography.
Obora 20
267 23 Lochovice
Czech Republic
Orell Fussli Security OF-151

Printing Ltd.
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
Oumolat Security OUM-101

Printing
The company was formed in 2016 to
provide bank note printing for United
Arab Emirates and the Levant area.
Oumola is a native Arabic word and
literally translates into ‘currency’. The
facility is equipped with pre-press and a
full printing line – which includes a 12
color offset press and a 5 color intaglio
press from Komori, an additional 5 color
intaglio press from KBA NotaSys, a
Gietz foiling unit, a KBA-NotaSys
NotaScreen and CNP system.
Khalifa Industrial Zone (KIZAD)
Abu Dhabi

Parsons Paper PPC-101
Company
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
P. A. Sparre PAS-101
P.A. Sparre was a Swedish count who
served as head of the Riksbank's paper
mill in Tumba in 1850-1852. He
produced stamps for Sweden at his own
firm from 1855-1871. He was an
inventor, patenting paper “impossible to
counterfeit”.
Jacob Perkins JP-111

Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts,
Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith.
Perkins created some of the best steel
plates for engraving, and started a
printing business with engraver Gideon
Fairman. They began with school books,
and also made currency that was not
being forged. In 1809 he bought the
stereotype technology (prevention of
counterfeit bills) from Asa Spencer, and
registered the patent, and then
employed Asa Spencer. Perkins made
several important innovations in printing
technology, including new steel
engraving plates. Using these plates he
made the first known steel engraved
USA books (The Running Hand, school
books, 8 pages each). He then made
currency for a Boston Bank, and later for
the National Bank. In 1816 he set up a
printing shop and bid on the printing of
currency for the Second National Bank in
Philadelphia.
Newburyport, Massachusetts

Perkins, Bacon, & Petch PBP-101
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

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, & PFH-101
Heath
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
UK stamp, the Penny Black.
th
69 Fleet Street,
London,England

Perkins & Heath PH-131
Perkins & Heath was founded in 1822.
The company became Perkins & Bacon
in 1829. It printed Banks of England,
Abington & Berkshire Bank, Hemel
Hempsled Bank, Chesterfield and North
Derbyshire Banking Co, and Banco
Brazil notes.
th
69 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

Gestaltung Manuela PFRU-
Pfrunder GmbH 126D
A banknote design firm awarded the
design of the latest Swiss National Bank
notes.
Staffelstrasse 12, 8045 Zurich
Switzerland
Atelier Roger Pfund PFUN-

Comm. 181
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

Panstwawa Wytwornia PWPW-
Papierow 131a
Wartosciowych SA
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

Penzjegynyomda PEN-101
(Hungary Banknote
Printing Company)
Penzjegynyomda was founded in 1922
by the National Bank of Hungary. In
1994 it purchased Diósgyőr Paper Mill.
Markó St. 13-17
1055 Budapest, Hungary

Portals PORT-
In 1712 Henri Portal took English 112
nationality and changed his name to
Henry. In the same period he set up his
first mill, Bere Mill, in Whitchurch, but
moved to Laverstoke Mill to increase
capacity. The firm’s first order from
Bank of England was 1724. The
Bathford mill opened in 1809. Portals
pioneered the segmented security thread
in 1984. De La Rue owned the paper
firm Portals from 1995 to 2018. The firm
has been a stand-alone company since
that time.
Bathford Hill
Bathford
Bath BA1 7QG UK
Proost en Brandt, bv PROO-

Security paper supplier from The 101
Netherlands.
Postbus 5, 1110 AA Diemen ,
Stammerkamp 1, 1112 VE Diemen, the
Netherlands
Poštovní tiskárna cenin PTC-101

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

Pura Group PUR-102
Established in 1908 as a printing shop,
the company now has six divisions, two
of which are anti-counterfeiting and
security & banknote paper printing.
Jl. AKBP. Agil Kusumadya 203, Kudus
59346, Central Java, Indonesia

Rawdon, Wright, Hatch RWHC-
& Company 101
Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Company was
formed in 1832 from Rawdon, Wright, &
Company. The firm produced bank
notes for Canada and Texas. It became
Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, Edson
Engravers in 1851.
35 Merchants Exchange, 55 Wall Street
New York, New York
Rawdon, Wright, Hatch RAW-131

& Edson Engravers
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. The firm also printed for Texas,
New Orleans Canal and Banking
Company and banks in Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee,
Connecticut, Washington D C, Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York,
New Jersey, North & South Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Wisconsin, and Canada. They had
branch offices in New Orleans, Boston,
Philadelphia, and Cincinnati.
48 Merchants Exchange
New York, NY
Reed, Stiles & Co. RSC-121

Early 1800’s banknote engravers.
Formed Reed, Stiles, Pelton, & Co.
Reed, Stiles, Pelton & RSP-101

Co.
Early 1800’s banknote engravers.
Produces banknotes for a number of
banks In Connecticut and
Massachusetts.

Republic Bank Note RBNC-
Company 111
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

Rocky Mountain Bank RNBN-
Note Company 101
The firm was formed in 1907 or earlier,
since it produced spript for the United
States Sugar and Land Co and the
Capital National Bank in 1907. From
1929 to 1972 the firm which produced
stock certificate and checks at the
historical site with the copper dome on
Deleware Street. The firm was still
active in the late 1980s at the Lakewood
location.
1080 Delaware St
Denver CO 80204

Rolic Technologies ROL-101
In1994, Rolic was founded as a spin-off
of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. BASF
group acquired Rolic in 2017. The
optical security products include five
®
types of Secunote holographic foils for
security level 1 and 2 banknotes.
Gewerbestrasse 18
4123 Allschwil
Switzerland

St. Louis Bank Note SLBN-101
Company
St. Louis Bank Note Company was taken
over by Western Bank Note Company in
the early 1880's
214 & 216 Chestnut Street
St. Louis, MO
Fábrica Nacional de RSM-

Moneda y Timbre 121a
(Royal Spanish Mint)
In 1893 the Mint (Casa de la Moneda)
and the Stamp Factory (Fábrica del
Sello), which so far had been two
different establishments sharing a
building in Plaza de Colón, merged to
create the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda
y Timbre.
c/ Jorge Juan, 106 , 28071 Madrid,
Spain

Schmidt Rhyner AG SR-101
Schmid Rhyner began in 1880 as a
family-owned company producing
architectural coatings for the Swiss
market. In 2010 they entered the
security coatings market. A Swiss
coating firm that has recently entered the
security coatings market for currency.
®
Rhyner makes Wessco a UV coating
®
and Wessco U.R.T. a color shift
coating, both suitable for banknotes.
Soodring 29
CH-8134 Adliswil-Zurich
Switzerland

Schut Paper Mill SCHU-
Established in 1618. In 1998, the Schut 101
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
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 SBNC-
Company 101
T. A. Bradley formed this company in
1884. In 1957, Security Banknote
Company merged with Columbian
Banknote Company to become Security-
Columbian Banknote Company. The
firm produced banknotes for China,
Ethiopia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines,
and South Vietnam.
345 Hudson Street
New York, New York

Security-Columbian SCBC-111
Banknote Company
Security-Columbian Banknote Company
was formed in 1957 with the merger of
Security Banknote Company and
Columbian Banknote Company. In
1965, it was renamed the United States
Banknote Corporation. In 1990 USBC
bought the American Banknote
Corporation.

Secura Monde SMI-101
International
SMI was founded by Martyn White and
Alastair Stobart, two ex-colleagues from
Portals Ltd. It operates as a fully
independent consultancy focusing on all
issues relating to the design, production
and technology of banknotes.
49 Lynx House, Basepoint
Caxton Close, Andover

Security Papers Europe SP-101
Security Papers Europe is a security
paper firm with products used for
passports and bank notes. Products
include rainbow fibres, planchettes, uv
TM
switch threads, and StarLites particles.
Arnulfstraße 37
80636 München
Germany

Shanghai Banknote SBP-101
Printing Co. Ltd.
A branch of China Banknote Printing
No. 158, Caoyang Rd.
Shanghai, China
Shijazhuang Banknote SBPC-101

Printing Co. Ltd.
Shijiazhuang Banknote Printing Co., Ltd.
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China
Banknote Printing and Mint Corporation.
It is a state-authorized currency printing
enterprise with the special mission of
guaranteeing currency issuance. The
predecessor of Shichao Company was
State-owned 145 Factory. In the 1970s,
it was put into operation in Busan
Village, Gaoping, Shanxi Province. In
1986, it was relocated to Shijiazhuang.
Shijin City
Hebei Province
China Zhaiying South Main Street

SICPA Holdings SA SICP-
Founded in 1927 by Maurice Amon, 121D
SICPA is a multinational, multicultural
company based in Switzerland. A global
leader in security inks and integrated
security solutions for banknotes and
value documents.
PO Box 1000
Lausanne 16, Switzerland

Silba International SIL-121a
Banknote Design &
Security Printing Inc
Silba was formed as a joint venture in
1984 between Mobil Oil and Agra
Vadeko. Test notes were printed for 21
countries, but trials were not successful
and the program was discontinued. The
partnership was dissolved in 1996. After
the 1998 merger of Exxon Corp. and
Mobil, the patents for the Duranote
substrate were abandoned. Since July
2013 part of Canadian Bank Note
Company.
1361 Birchcliff Drive
Oakville, ON
Canada L6M2A2

Charles Skipper & East SKIP-111
Charles Skipper, a master printer, went
into partnership with a Williams East,
primarily as banknote engravers. In 1879
they submitted many designs for the
stamp tender using more than one
printing process. They were
unsuccessful, despite a track record for
production of recess revenue stamps for
Peru. It produced banknotes for
Bahamas, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Ecuador,
the Dominican Republic, New Zealand,
and Northern Ireland. McCorquodale
purchased CS&E in 1937.
Dunston’s Hill, London & 49 Great Tower
Street
London UK

U.S. Sleigh Metallic Ink SLE-101a
Company
The Company established in 1900
manufactures printing and lithographing
inks, bronze powders, colors and
varnishes.
rd
438 North 3 Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Societe Technique STIF-101
d'Impressions
Fiduciaire
Founded in 1842

South American SABN-
Banknote Company 101
The firm was originally established in
1882, by Federico Laass and Curt Stiller
as STILLER AND LAASS printing
lithography and offset printing. The firm
was renamed Compañía Sudamericana
de Billetes de Banco SA in 1887. With a
staff of 500, it was the only private
company that had the responsibility of
printing banknotes for Argentina, but
also for neighboring countries such as
Chile, Uruguay and Brazil, as well as
postal stamps. It was liquidated in 1918.
Chile 263
Buenos Aires, Argentina

A. Staderini STAD-101
Italy
Statni Tiskarna Cenin STC-101

(State Security Printing
Office)
Establish in 1928, it now makes
banknotes, documents, and other
security papers.
Růžová 6, čp. 943
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic

D. A. Stein Co. DASC-
No information on this printing and 101
engraving firm.
Assumed Oregon

Stork Thieme STOR-
Founded in 1947, the firm developed 111D
Sheet Rotary System Screen printing
press used on this test note. It has
manufacturing offices located in the
Netherlands, UK, Austria, Brazil, India
and China.
Raamstraat 1-3
5831 AT, Boxmeer
The Netherlands

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.

Surys SURY-111
Surys was established in 1984 as
Hologram Industries. For earlier notes
with Hologram Industries brand, see
Hologram Industries. Surys produces
DOVID patches, stripes and thread for
banknotes for Brazil, Philippines,
Lebanon, Thailand, and European
®
Union. Alphagram 50 DIVOD protects
50, 100, 200, and 500 Euro banknotes.
Changed name to Surys in 2015.
Parc d’Activités Gustave Eiffel – 22
Avenue de l’Europe – Bussy-St-Georges
– 77607 Marne-la Vallée Cedex 3
Paris, France

Tanner, Kearney & TKT-101
Tiebout
This company made banknotes in
Philadelphia from 1815 to 1818. The
frim renamed Tanner, Vallance, Kearney
& Company for one year before returning
the old name, going out of business
about 1820. They produced banknotes
for 11 banks in 7 states including
obsolete notes in Kentucky,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Ohio.
The company formed Tanner, Vallance,
Kearney, & Company in 1818, but went
out of business about 1820.
Philadelphia, PA

Thailand Security THAI-101
Printing Works
Established in 1961 to replace
outsourcing of the country’s
banknotes.
273 Samsen Road, Watsamphraya,
Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok,
Thailand

3D AG 3DAG-101
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

Alexander Tilloch TILL-101
In 1784, the Scottish journalist and
inventor Alexander Tilloch patented
the use of movable plates instead of
movable types. From Tilloch Charles
Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope derived
knowledge of the process of making
stereotype plates. In 1797 Tilloch
submitted to the Bank of England a
specimen note which was not
adopted. In 1810 the Bank of
England adopted the process of
Augustus Applegath, which Tilloch
claimed in 1820, in a petition to
parliament, to be virtually his own.

Toppan, Carpenter, & TCC-101
Company
Toppan, Carpenter, & Company was
formed in New York City in 1845 from
Draper, Toppan, & Company. The
firm produced state bank notes. It
was one of the six companies to form
the American Bank Note Company.
The firm used this name from 1845-
1850 and again from 1857-1858.
20 State Street
Boston, MA

Toppan, Carpenter, TCCC-101
Casilear & Company
Designer and engraver John W.
Casilear joined Toppan, Carpenter &
Co as a principle partner in 1850 to
formToppan, Carpenter, Casilear &
Co. In 1851, with these three principle
partners and two junior partners,
Henry E. Saulnier and William C.
Smillie. Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear
& Co. was awarded a six-year
contract for the United States postage
stamp contract (1851-1857), which
was later extended to 1861. The firm
printed the Ministry of Finance notes
for Hungary, exiled in the Philadelphia
and London. The firm also produced
Bank of Upper Canada, Canadian
trade notes for Molsons Bank,
Virginia treasury notes and obsolete
notes, for 197 banks.
76 ½ Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA.

Toppan Printing TP-101a
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

AB Tumba Bruk BRUK-
The paper mill was once owned by 111
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 6-
character printer code prefix is “C”).
Acquired by Crane & Company, the
paper provider for banknotes of the
United States, in January 2002.
S-147; 82 , Tumba Sweden.

Underwood, Bald, UBSH-
Spencer, & Hufty 101
Formed in 1838 from Underwood,
Bald, Spencer & Company. Became
Danforth, Underwood & Company
only a year later in 1839.
Exchange Building
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Union Bank Note UBNC-

Company 101b
Steel print lithography printer, formed
in 1887. The firm is known to have
printed banknotes for the Commercial
Bank of Canada, Bullion Bank of the
District of Columbia, obsolete scrip for
the city of Newark, N.J., depression
script, as well as checks and stock
certificates.
137 SW 18th Street
Kansas City, MO.
Union de Banques UBS-

Suisses 101D
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 USBNC-
Banknote Company 101a
Merged with American Banknote
Company in 1990, becoming the
second largest security printer in the
world.
345 Hudson Street, New York, NY
10014
United States USEC-101

Engraving Company
Copper plate engraver, active from
1820s to 1860s.
297 ½ Broadway
New York, N.Y.
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Victoria Security VSP-101

Printing a.s
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 WALS-
Printers 101b
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 WS-221

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.
Birchin Lane, EC3V; London Wall
London EC2, England

Waterman Lily WLO-101
Ormsby
Ormsby founded the New York Bank
Note Company in 1842 and became
one of the founders of the Continental
Bank Note Company in 1863. Many
consider his judgement lacking for
printing for customers with clear intent
on fraud.
Wellstood, Benson & WBH-101

Hanks
Wellstood, Benson & Hanks was
formed in New York City in 1848.
Produced notes for banks in New
York, Rhode Island and Tennessee.
In 1851 it became Wellstood, Hanks,
Hay, & Whiting, which is one of the
six companies to form American Bank
Note Company. See the ABNC
family tree for all firms.
52 Merchant’s Exchange
New York, NY

Western Bank Note WBNC-
Company 112
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.
8 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Whitehead, Morris, & WMC-
Company Ltd. 101
Engraving and book publishing firm
from London, South Africa, and Egypt
in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s.
Charles Whiting; WHIT-

Beaufort House Press 102
Charles Whiting; Beaufort House
Press existed from 1801 to 1892. Mr.
Whiting married the widow of Sir
William Congrave. The Whiting firm
was famous for use of the Congreve
anti-forgery method of production
(Whiting controlled the Patents),
compound plate printing and
embossing.
Beufort House
Strand, London, England

James W. Willcox WOL-
Founded in 1729, the Willcox family 101D
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.
Delaware City, Pennsylvania

Wilson W. Wilson WW-101
Engraving and
Printing
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 EAW-131
Note Company
Ernest A. Wright established his firm
in 1872 at 1032 Chestnut Street. In
1907 the firm was incorporated as a
printer of stamps, U.S. depression
script and world banknotes, including
Morocco and four other French
colonies. The company was sold in
1964 to Jostens, who sold the
security business to Thomas de la
Rue. See Thomas De La Rue family
tree for all firms.
1108 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Xi’an Banknote BPC-101

Printing Co. Ltd.
Xi’an Banknote Printing Co. Ltd. is a
large-scale comprehensive printing
enterprise affiliated with China
Banknote Printing and Mint Co., Ltd.,
which mainly produces passports,
bank checks, banknotes and other
anti-counterfeiting printing products
using a CTP plate system.
No. 153, Hancheng Rd.
Xi'an, Shanxi, China
postalcode:710077

Zhongchao Enterprise ZEC-101
Co. Ltd.
Established in 1996, Zhongchao
Enterprise Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of
China Banknote Printing & Minting
Corp. The company, located in
Beijing, provides secure printing
services.
No.79, De Sheng International
Center,12-13/F,Block C, De Sheng
Men Wai St
Xi Cheng District,Beijing 100088

Zhongchao Guanghua ZGPC-
Printing Company Ltd 104a
(Shenzhen Guanghua
Printing Co., Ltd)
Founded in 1984, Shenzhen
Guanghua Printing Co., Ltd. is a joint-
stock company controlled by China
Banknote Printing and Minting
Corporation. Among other security
documents, it produces value-added
tax invoices, bank notes and high-end
anti-counterfeit printing products.
Building 3, 7th Street
Linger Road , Bagua,
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Zhongchao Special ZSST-111
Security Technology
Co., Ltd.
Zhongchao Special Security
Technology Co., Ltd.(ZSST), was
founded in 2003 as a subsidiary of
China Banknote Printing and Minting
Corporation for research and
development of optical security
features, magnetic readable
technologies and production of film-
based anti-counterfeiting devices.
The largest security thread
manufacturer over the world, ZSST
supplies special security technology
and production service in aspects of
holographic, color-shift, machine-
readable features. At 2015
International Holography
Conference™,ZSST won the IHMA
award category for Innovation and
Holographic Technology for its
patented ColorDance™ security
feature.
No.79, De Sheng International
Center,12-13/F,Block C
De Sheng Men Wai St
Xi Cheng District,Beijing 100088

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, Serbia
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