Uganda withdraws sh10,000 notes

In article ,
JSTONE9352 wrote:
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/393351

A reason was given, and "withdraw" is defined -- not just taken out of
circulation, but actually have their legal tender status revoked.

The notes, which do not have a folio strip and have been
susceptible to forgeries, cease to be legal tender on December 31
this year. ...

The sh10,000 note contained anticopier features that were thought
to make forging it easily noticed. It also contained the security
thread that comes to the surface of the paper at regular intervals
so that its metallic shine could be seen. ...

The fake notes appear genuine, with the deputy governor and
secretary's signature near perfect, but the texture is smoother
and lighter, while the security threads are faint.

I've not heard of "folio strip" before. I can't find a definition by
Googling, and the only real use I see other than in this article is
http://basic1.easily.co.uk/05800C/03D03B/safemodelling.htm:

And they all have really sharp, new blades in them. Now that is
another danger of course, so I've saved the plastic sleeves from
old Stanley throwaway DIY knives, these fit a treat over most of
our modelling blades. If you don't have any - don't despair, get
an A4 folio strip from a Stationers - this is designed to hold
paper together, and a length can be sawn off and makes quite a
useful blade guard. If it's too loose wrap a bit of sellotape
around it.

Anyone know what they're talking about?

--
Tim McDaniel; Reply-To:

Tim McDaniel wrote:

I've not heard of "folio strip" before.

Guess that is a holographic strip, pretty much like that on the 5 to 20
euro notes. Here is an image of a 20,000 shillings bank note from Uganda
which has such a strip: http://www.banknotes.com/UG42.JPG

Christian

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:38:35 +0200, (Christian
Feldhaus) wrote:

Tim McDaniel wrote:

I've not heard of "folio strip" before.

Guess that is a holographic strip, pretty much like that on the 5 to 20
euro notes.

Probably a typo for "foil strip", which is what they look like.

Padraic.

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