Promotional notes

 

 

Introduction

 

There have been several promotional notes and unadopted bank notes designs made on polymer substrates (such as Tyvek®, Guardian®, or DuraNote) by various printers. Some of the notes are presented below, but many others undoubtedly exist. These notes represent highly important pieces of polymer notes history.

 

Related link: Proof notes

Related link: Promotional prints

 

 

Unadopted bank note designs on polymer

 

The following is a selection of unadopted bank note designs. They have been made by security printers for eventual approval of the issuing authorities.

 

ABNC—Costa Rica

ABNC—Ecuador

ABNC—El Salvador

ABNC—Haiti

ABNC—Honduras

ABNC—Venezuela

CSIRO & RBA—Australia

Promotional notes on polymer

 

These notes are produced by the security printers to show various security and design features to potential customers (i.e., bank note issuers).

 

American Bank Note Company

Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company

DuraNote

Harrison & Sons Limited

Joh. Enschedé

Orell Füssli Security Printing

Securency Pty Ltd

ZIN

 

Hybrid promotional notes

 

Hybrid notes are essentially paper notes that use a patch of polymer and a clear window.

 

Giesecke & Devrient

Leonhard Kurz