Comprehensive Systems

Authentix—providing a comprehensive banknote authentication system enabling field detection of counterfeits

Authentix offers a comprehensive banknote authentication system that provides additional barriers to the insertion of counterfeits into circulation. Easily incorporated onto banknotes during the printing process, this solution enables the reliable authentication of banknotes in the commercial marketplace using low-cost detection devices.
 
In order to fulfill the needs of several Central Bank partners, Authentix drew upon its extensive experience in covert markers and optoelectronic sensors to develop the "Grasshopper" system. The solution is:

• Highly secure and extremely difficult to reverse-engineer
• Able to detect counterfeits with low cost devices
• Meets all banknote durability requirements
• Provides for signature capabilities
• Produced in a secure environment suitable for the manufacturing of banknote security materials