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Koenig & Bauer Solutions - Jules Verne
| Issuer | Koenig & Bauer (KBA-NotaSys) |
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| Size | 160 x 80 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the 'Around the World in 80 Days' theme, dominated by a tall vignette of the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) rendered in deep blue guilloche linework. A second circular transparent window at upper right repeats the Verne portrait, while a star-shaped colour-shifting security patch occupies centre field. An ocean liner and harbour scene fill the lower register, with a serial number in red at bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 80 |
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KBA-NotaSys produced this polymer promotional piece as part of their Jules Verne-themed showcase note, designed purely to demonstrate the security printing capabilities available to central bank clients — it was never legal tender anywhere. The Jules Verne theme was a deliberate choice: Verne's preoccupation with technology and the future mapped neatly onto a sales pitch about what polymer substrate printing could do that cotton-linen could not.
KBA-NotaSys developed their polymer banknote platform in competition with Note Printing Australia's established Guardian substrate, and demonstration notes like this one were central to that commercial effort. The colour-shifting element and transparent window are essentially a live product brochure.