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Canadian Notes => Polymer Series => Topic started by: flyhigh888 on December 25, 2011, 05:20:57 pm
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Is this worth keeping?
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I read that the raised printing on these new banknotes are no longer done by Intaglio but done with a laser. It would be interesting to see a higher resolution pic of just the area that shows the damage/error to see what may have caused this.
I'd keep it, once its figured out to as what caused it. It will probably be spending money, but I would keep it until others showed up with similar problems or if it's shown that its just been damaged after it was released from the printer.
Just my thoughts.
Kyle.
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Hopefully, it looks better
The streak is completely smooth, no texture
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I think you might have some bits mixed up. The raised ink printing called intaglio printing, is no longer created by hand with a graver (an extremely sharp and fine chisel), it's now computer assisted engraving process, where the die is created with a laser. Obviously artistic talent is still the major component to process, it's just that the graver has been replaced by a mouse.
It's interesting to note that the first laser engraved portrait on a Canadian note is the portrait of Mackenzie-King on the Journey $50 which was produced by in Germany by Giesecke & Devrient - a security printing company with subsidiaries around the world and the parent company of BA International.