Identification of Genuine Currency Notes

Microprinting is the production of recognizable patterns or characters in a printed medium at a scale that requires magnification to read with the naked eye. Micro texts security features are often added to currency notes and can be seen using the Dino-Lite digital microscope. Micro texts are added onto notes to identify genuine currency notes and also make it difficult to reproduce accurately using copiers or scanners. Typically, the text looks like a solid line at a distance.

Micro texts are used on currency, bank cheques, vouchers, and other items of value. It is often combined with other safety techniques such as holograms, void pantographs, prismatic printing, hot stamp foil printing, infrared visible inks or watermarks.

The portable nature of the Dino-Lite digital microscope makes it a very suitable tool for checking micro texts or prints on currency notes. You’d be able to bring it around. Coupled with the DinoCapture 2.0 software, it’s the perfect magnifier for checking currency notes and supporting report writing of suspicious currency notes.