MONTHCRISP New Bahamas $1 Hybrid™ Note

CRISP New Bahamas $1 Hybrid™ Note The Central Bank of the Bahamas has In keeping with the previous CRISP opposed to the landscape format of the issued the next denomination of its new design, the new $1 note has retained its previous family. CRISP Evolution banknote series, the $1 predominantly green colour scheme but has Also appearing on the reverse is a vertical banknote. been made much more colourful with the iridescent band incorporating a motif introduction of shades of lilac, grey, burnt The Central Bank of the Bahamas began of a snake, the letters CBB and the orange and yellow. The banknote features issuing the original CRISP banknote denominational value. five colour intaglio on both sides, and is series in August 2005 (CRISP stands for Other Level 1 public recognition security finished to the same cut size of Counterfeit Resistant Integrated Security features include a see through feature of 156mm x 67mm. Product). With a commitment to renew its the sand dollar, a latent image and tactile banknote series at least once every ten intaglio ink. years, it is now in the process of issuing The Bank is using the ‘Feel, Look, Tilt’ its new CRISP Evolution banknote series strapline to educate the public of these (the 7th since the Bahamian dollar was Level 1 security features, as well as the introduced in 1966). The first of these, the ‘Check’ method for Level 2 features, new $10 printed by De La Rue, was issued including the microtext and fluorescence. last year. As part of it public education campaign, The CRISP Evolution $1 note is printed on the Bank has launched a CRISP Evolution ™ Louisenthal’s Hybrid substrate – the first Training Tool on its website, including an Bahamian banknote denomination to use online tour developed originally for the $10 the durable substrate, which consists of a together with De La Rue. Users can select cotton fibre core protected with an external denominations from the new banknote polymer film. Interest in durable substrates series and see the various security features is growing around the world, and in the An updated portrait of the Bahamian used in the designs. The Bank has also region, the Bahamas joins Jamaica and politician and Prime Minister, Sir Lynden published a video and explanatory leaflet Suriname, which have also adopted Hybrid. O Pindling, has been used as the main to demonstrate the features of the new $1 ® The note features Louisenthal’s RollingStar illustration on the front of the note printed in banknote. security thread as one of the key security intaglio, and is also used for the watermark. It is understood that, in addition to the $1, features, appearing on the reverse. The The design on the note’s reverse includes Hybrid will be used for the $5 as well. The windowed thread changes colour from gold a drum major in full regalia leading the highest two, the $100 and $50, will be to green in a rolling bar effect and reveals ® Royal Bahamas Police Force’s marching printed on Landqart’s Durasafe substrate the letters ‘one’ and ‘$1’ when held up band. In line with the new $10, this vignette and the middle two, the $20 and $10, on against the light. has been designed in portrait format as conventional cotton paper.

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