A Path to the Next Generation of U.S. Banknotes: Keeping Them Real

by National Research Council, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

The rapid pace at which digital printing is advancing is posing a very serious challenge to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Printing (BEP). The BEP needs to stay ahead of the evolving counterfeiting threats to U.S. currency. To help meet that challenge, A Path to the Next Generation of U.S. Banknotes provides an assessment of technologies and methods to produce designs that enhance the security of U.S. Federal Reserve notes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309105781
• ISBN13: 9780309105781
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"