Samples of signs of security in bank-notes
 

 

100 litas banknote
(issued 2000)

100lt

100lt

Security features of the banknote :

  1. Special paper of white colour characterised by a specific cracle, non-fluorescent under ultraviolet light.
  2. Watermark - multi-tonal portrait of Simonas Daukantas visible when the note is held up to the light.
  3. Security thread with the repeated microtext 100 LITU, fluorescent under ultraviolet light inblue colour.
  4. Denomination numeral 100 printed in optically variable inks changing colour from gold to green.
  5. Microperforation of the denomination numeral 100 visible when the note is held up to the light.
  6. See-through feature front to back in perfect register.
  7. Recognition sign for the blind - two raised isosceles triangles.
  8. Raised intaglio printing of the portrait, denomination numerals, facsimile text, inscriptions, drawing on the back of the note provides a tactile surface easily distinguished by touch.
  9. Latent image (denomination numeral 100) in the left shoulder of the portrait visible when the note is tilted towards the light at the acute angle.
  10. White lines on intaglio printed inscriptions LIETUVOS BANKAS, SIMTAS LITU and denomination numerals 100.
  11. A repeated microtext LB 100 LTL printed on the right-hand side of the portrait.
  12. A repeated microtext LB 100 LTL printed below the portrait.
  13. A repeated microtext 100 LTL printed at the bottom of the drawing on the back of the note, on the edge of the roofs of the buildings.
  14. A repeated microtext LIETUVOS BANKAS (BANK OF LITHUANIA) printed on the right- hand side on the back of the note.
  15. Elements (front and back), intended for the anti-colour copier protection: the symbol of the state emblem and background surrounding it, the background of the portrait, security line structure, specific fine line patterns.
  16. Invisible fibres embedded in the paper fluorescent under ultraviolet light in blue and red.
  17. Vertical serial number fluorescent under ultraviolet light in green.
  18. Three denomination numerals printed in invisible inks fluorescent under ultraviolet light in light green.
  19. St. John™s Church and the belfry fluorescent under ultraviolet light in yellow-green.
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