Detailed Insights into New Printing of 2015-version Banknote 100 Yuan
The People’s Bank of China (PBC) announced today that the 100 Yuan note in the fifth series of renminbi would be released on November 12, 2015.
Compared with the 2005-version, the 2015-version has kept the same in size, front and back patterns, dominant tone, the bank name of “People’s Bank of China” and its Chinese spelling, national emblem, braille and characters of ethnic groups, but some patterns have been modified and improvement has been made in anti-counterfeiting.
Observe the following note pictures and look for differences.
Renminbi of the new version
Renminbi of the new version
How many differences have you discovered? Correct answer: six
Six innovations of the new version with numeral “100”
1. Disappearance of the Intaglio printed tactile strip and the invisible numeral in the right side and the light-variable value number printed with printing ink in the bottom left corner.
2. Addition of the colorful light-variable numeral in the middle, and the light-variable security strip and the vertically printed serial number in the right side.
3. Transformation of the numeral in the top corner from horizontally printed to vertically printed and adjustment on the numeral pattern; color change of floral pattern at the center from orange to purple and disappearance of the outside floral ring printed in light blue and adjustment on the floral pattern and the line structure; the see-through register is moved from the left side to the bottom left corner and changed from the antique coin to the numeral “100”.
4. Disappearance of the holographic magnetic security line and the sign against duplication in the bottom right corner.
5. Reduction of the offset printed patterns in the left and right edge for proper non-printed space; the see-through register is moved from the middle of the right side to the bottom right corner and changed from the antique coin to the numeral “100”; color change in the upper part from dark purple to light purple as well as in the lower part from bright red to orange and adjustment on the line pattern structure; part of decoration patterns printed by purple and red instead of blue and red; adjustment on the numeral forms in both the top left corner and the top right corner.
6. The year number is changed into “2015”.
Why does the PPC release the bill?
The People’s Bank of China (PBC) [MicroBlog] released the fifth series of renminbi in October 1999 according to Decree No.268 of the State Council, and released the 2005-version fifth series of renminbi in August 2005 to improve the anti-counterfeiting techniques and printing quality.
It is ten years since the 2005-version has been released. And over these ten years, great changes have taken place in cash circulation and treatment methods to the bill by financial institutions in the banking industry while significant progress has been made in equipment for automatic selling and cash auto-treatment, both of which put higher requirements for machine-readable performance of renminbi.
But accordingly, some lawbreakers also turn to new technology for counterfeiting renminbi, resulting in difficulty in identification for the public. For the purpose of protecting the benefits of renminbi holders, it is required to improve the anti-counterfeiting technology and printing quality from time to time in accordance with the development of current scientific technology to keep the leading level of anti-counterfeiting technology concerning renminbi.
Therefore, the PPC decided to release the 2015-version bill with numeral “100” in the fifth series of renminbi, which would keep the same as the 2005-version in size, main patterns and dominant tone but also have some adjustments on part of patterns, anti-counterfeiting signs and arrangement. Advanced public-based anti-counterfeiting technology is used in the new version to improve the machine-readable performance for the purpose of easy identification by the public.
These bills will play the same role as those with the same numeral in the market after release.