Supernote
A high-quality counterfeit capable of passing casual field examination; originally applied to US $100 counterfeits attributed to state-sponsored production with genuine cotton-linen paper and intaglio printing; now applied broadly to any counterfeit defeating UV, transmitted-light, and pen tests.
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3-D surface profilometry365 nm UV lampBleached-genuine counterfeitCounterfeit Currency Database (CCD)CVPC (Currency Verification Processing Centre)FTIR spectroscopy (Fourier Transform Infrared)Iodine-starch testRaman spectroscopySEM-EDX (Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy-Dispersive X-ray analysis)