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
A diffractive optically variable image device (DOVID) is a type of optical variable device; a security feature based on visual effects created by diffraction. DOVIDs are incorporated in government-issued documents of value (banknotes, passports, v ...
(DOVID) which is
embossed into the gold substrate. "Kinegram" is a trademark of OVD Kinegram AG (Switzerland). 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.
"New gold kinebar unveiled in the United States; Advanced high-tech security feature marks breakthrough in gold minting"
, press release, Dec 6, 1995
File:Kinebar3.jpg, Kinebar one troy ounce
File:Kinebar.jpg, Kinebar certificate
File:Kinebar2.gif, Kinegram
See also
* Gold as an investment
* Security hologram
Security holograms are labels with a hologram printed onto it for sale security reasons. Holograms on security labels are very difficult to forge because they are replicated from a master hologram which requires expensive, specialized and technol ...
References
External links
Argor-Heraeus - The kinebarThe first Austrian kinebarOVD Kinegram, Switzerland
Gold
Holography
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