Kinebar
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A kinebar is a gold bar which contains a hologram to protect its authenticity. Kinebars use a hologram called a "Kinegram", a diffractive optically variable image device (DOVID) which is embossed into the gold substrate. "Kinegram" is a trademark of OVD Kinegram AG (Switzerland).[1] The hologram is intended both as a high-security feature and for visual appeal.
Union Bank of Switzerland, through Argor-Heraeus SA (subsidiary of Commerzbank), has been applying the kinegram as a security device to the reverse of its minted bars since December 1993. The kinebar, now produced by UBS AG, is a registered trade mark of UBS.[2]
Kinebar one troy ounce
Kinebar certificate
Kinegram
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- ^ "Disclaimer". www.kinegram.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "New gold kinebar unveiled in the United States; Advanced high-tech security feature marks breakthrough in gold minting" Archived 2010-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, press release, Dec 6, 1995
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- Gold
- Holography
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