Sentence examples for security thread from inspiring English sources

The writer describes the New Money's microworld of watermarks, embedded "security thread," and hidden signs which are supposed to make it impossible to counterfeit.

To make life harder for the counterfeiters, Microsoft plants messages in the security thread that goes into the authenticity stickers, plays tricks with lettering on its boxes and embosses a holographic film into a layer of lacquer on the CDs.

IN 1996, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing began to distribute paper currency that incorporated anticounterfeiting measures like color-shifting ink, microprinting and a security thread woven into the paper.

Other features, however, will make copying far more difficult than it was: the new bill has enhanced security devices including a watermark, security thread and special inks.Thomas Ferguson, director of the Treasury's bureau of engraving and printing, says that keeping counterfeits at bay has as much to do with strict law enforcement and public co-operation as it does with high technology.

For enhanced security, there is a plastic security thread embedded in the paper, ink that changes colors when it is tilted in the light (from copper to green instead of the old green to black) and more microprinting, the tiny letters that are difficult to reproduce.

The behavior that he wants to change includes stuffing the $20 bill, the most frequently counterfeited in the United States, into a pocket or cash register before checking its authenticity by, say, holding it up to a light or feeling for the security thread.

He then approximated the security threads embedded in legitimate bills by using pens with colored inks that would show up under ultraviolet lamps.

The bills also have embedded security threads and ink that changes from a copper color to green when they are tilted.

The new titles will be issued in January on purple paper and feature watermarks, security threads and special colors and ink.

The most obvious solution is to provide tactile differences, especially since money already has unique security threads added to it, and since many blind people are adept at using their fingertips to read.

The concern is that counterfeiters might exploit the confusion during the changeover period to pass fake euros, even though the notes have multiple security features including watermarks, security threads and foil holograms.