Genuine

Question 1

Who supplies the genuine paper?

Answer 1

Crane

Question 2

Who supplies genuine ink?

Answer 2

SICPA

Question 3

Where is it printed?

Answer 3

BEP

Question 4

What is the order in the printing process?

Answer 4

Offset Background (2004 style)
Intaglio back
Intaglio front
Typographic

Question 5

What are characteristics of Offset printing?

Answer 5

flat
clean lines
thin ink layer 
fine layer detail 
(no embossing, no halo-ing, no feathering)

Question 6

What are characteristics of Intaglio printing?

Answer 6

Embossing - printing is raised
feathering
thick ink layer

Question 7

What are characteristics of Typographic printing?

Answer 7

“Halo-ing”
dark outline and shaded color in the middle
void areas
think ink layer

Question 8

What is FRN paper made up of?

Answer 8

75% Cotton

25% Linen

Question 9

What FRN features are in typographic?

Answer 9

Serial #’s
Fed Reserve Indicator
Treas Seal
Fed Rsrve Seal

Question 10

What is the Currency timeline for “styles” of FRNs?

Answer 10

1929 Style
1990 Style
1996 Style
2004 Style

Question 11

What is the 1990 style?

Answer 11

Small heads

Question 12

What is the 1996 Style?

Answer 12

Big Heads

Question 13

What is the 2004 Style?

Answer 13

Rainbow Note

Question 14

What are the 1990 Style based Security Features ?

Answer 14

R & B security fibers
Security Thread - one location for all denominations
Micro-printing

Question 15

What are the 1996 Big Head security features?

Answer 15

W - Watermarks
O - OVI (green to black shift)
R - R & B security fibers 
M - Micro-printing 
S - Security thread (fluorescent under UV, $20 green; $50 yellow; $100 red)

Question 16

What are the 2004 Rainbow Note style features?

Answer 16

W.O.R.M.S.
OVI changed (copper to green)
Micro-printing now in offset background as well as intaglio

Question 17

What is the feature on the new 2004 series $100 that no other bill has?

Answer 17

3D Security ribbon

Question 18

What is the Circular Classification System?

Answer 18

A way of connecting CFT from all around the world back to the original maker
Allow for CFT to be grouped into families
Used statistically for investigation and sentencing

Question 19

What is the Circular Classification System based on?

Answer 19

Identifiers

Defect Transfer

Question 20

What identifiers are used?

Answer 20

Check letter
Quadrant # 
Front Plate # 
Back Plate #
Series Year 
Federal Reserve Indicator

Question 21

What is the Federal Reserve indicator

Answer 21

Indicates which Fed Bank distributed the note
A-L
The letter matches the second prefix letter in the serial number \
The Letter should match the Fed Reserve Bank number it is listed with (ie. A1; B2; C3; D4)

Question 22

What is a quadrant letter and how many quadrants on an FRN?

Answer 22

Quadrant letters signify where on the printing plate this bill was printed from
4 quadrants on an FRN
Quadrant numbers can only be 1 - 4
Letters in the quadrant corners on the front of the FRN have to match each other

Question 23

What is the only printing used in the CFT printing process NOT on genuine FRNs?

Answer 23

Screen printing

Question 24

Which FRN denominations have OVI?

Answer 24

All except 1’s and 5’s

Question 25

Why is the treasury seal a security feature?

Answer 25

It cannot be separated photographically by the black underprinting?