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Title: 1999 Romania note
Post by: shimmy on May 12, 2010, 09:20:10 am
pics would not upload, so here is a link

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii57/shimster_2008/img838.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii57/shimster_2008/img839.jpg

The pink and the clear onn the note are actually see through windows, with some security patterns in them.
Title: Re: 1999 Romania note
Post by: Seth on May 12, 2010, 06:31:48 pm
I picked up some of these from circulation when I visited Romania in 2001.

Try bending the bill over, and viewing the wavy sun pattern though the pink window on the right.  It's a cool effect.
Title: Re: 1999 Romania note
Post by: BWJM on May 12, 2010, 08:22:27 pm
Not sure what you're referring to, Seth... Sure, the slightly greener shade of yellow becomes more obviously different, but that's just a simple effect of the pink filter.
Title: Re: 1999 Romania note
Post by: polymat on May 13, 2010, 05:44:41 am
the pink window is not a filter, only a color window.
in the little withe window is a rombe, use a red laserpointer, you see a little solar eclipse, Seeking the red crescent  :D

this is a http://www.polymernotes.de/files/WinDOE_Flyer_secure.pdf

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Title: Re: 1999 Romania note
Post by: BWJM on May 13, 2010, 08:16:16 am
That looks like a cool feature, but I'll be darned if I can make it appear on my note.

I have a 2000 lei note as pictured and I have tried both a red laser pointer, a flashlight, and regular room lighting and have not been able to see even a hint of what is pictured above. I do however see a change in the clear window that is diamond-shaped. This is likely the device that causes the diffractive optical feature, but I can't seem to get it to work right.

The note I have is as genuine as I have ever seen. You would have a very, very difficult time convincing me otherwise.
Title: Re: 1999 Romania note
Post by: polymat on May 13, 2010, 09:33:28 am
consider the seemingly on a white wall, shoot the laser through the white window and you see the solar eclipse.
other notes are for example vietnam, china, brunei - to my mind now definitely