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Kinebar

Gold bar which contains a Kinegram

Gold bar which contains a Kinegram

A kinebar is a gold bar that has a diffractive optically variable image device (similar to a security hologram) embossed into the surface of the gold. The device used is a "Kinegram" made by OVD Kinegram AG (Switzerland).

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The Kinegram technology is exclusively provided to governments, and is intended both as a high-security feature and for visual appeal.

Union Bank of Switzerland, through Argor-Heraeus SA (subsidiary of Commerzbank), has been applying the kinegram as a security device to the reverse of its minted bars since December 1993. The kinebar, now produced by UBS AG, is a registered trade mark of UBS.

Argor-Heraeus gold Kinebars were introduced in 1994 in the following weights - 1 g, 2 g, 5 g, 10 g, 20 g, and 1 oz. The 50 g and 100 g gold Kinebars were subsequently released in 2012.

File:Kinebar3.jpg|Kinebar one troy ounce File:Kinebar.jpg|Kinebar certificate File:Kinebar2.gif|Kinegram

References

References

  1. "Disclaimer".
  2. "Why the KINEGRAM is not a security hologram".
  3. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_Dec_6/ai_17816232/ "New gold kinebar unveiled in the United States; Advanced high-tech security feature marks breakthrough in gold minting"] {{webarchive. link. (2010-04-26 , press release, Dec 6, 1995)
  4. (2014). "Argor-Heraeus SA".
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