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]

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  Kinebar one troy ounce

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  Kinebar certificate

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  Kinegram

See also[]

• Gold as an investment
• Security hologram

References[]

External links[]

• Argor-Heraeus - The kinebar
• The first Austrian kinebar
• OVD Kinegram, Switzerland

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