Samples of signs of security in bank-notes
 

 

20 litas banknote
(issued 2001)

10lt

10lt

Security features of the banknote:

  1. Special paper of white colour characterised by a specific crackle, non-fluorescent under ultraviolet light.
  2. Watermark – multi-tonal portrait of Maironis visible when the note is held up to the light.
  3. A security thread with the repeated microtext 20 LTL, fluorescent under ultraviolet light in rainbow colours.
  4. Microperforation (outline of a number made up of tiny holes) of the denomination numeral 20 visible when the note is held up to the light. On both sides of the banknote, the microperforated area does not contain punched out paper fragments that could be distinguished by touch.
  5. See-through feature, an image of a book and a stylus, front to back in perfect register.
  6. The recognition sign for the blind – two raised isosceles triangles.
  7. On the front, raised intaglio printing of the portrait, ornamental bands, inscriptions and denomination numerals provides a tactile surface easily distinguished by touch.
  8. Latent image (denomination numeral 20) on the right side of the top ornamental band visible when the note is tilted towards the light at the acute angle.
  9. White lines on intaglio printed inscriptions LIETUVOS BANKAS, DVIDEŠIMT LITŲ and denomination numerals.
  10. A repeated microtext 20 LTL on both sides of the portrait.
  11. A repeated microtext LIETUVOS BANKAS: above the bottom ornamental band on the front and on the vertical edges of the fine line structure on the back.
  12. Elements (front and back) intended for the anti-colour copier protection: multicoloured top and bottom edges of the banknote, security line structure, specific fine line patterns.
  13. Invisible fibres embedded in the paper fluorescent under ultraviolet light in blue, green and red.
  14. The outline of the brown numeral 20 fluorescent in greenish yellow under ultraviolet light.
  15. The vertical serial number fluorescent under ultraviolet light in green.
  16. Three numerals 20, printed in invisible inks on the front fluorescent in yellowish under ultraviolet light.
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