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NOTOFILIA Numismatics and Notaphily
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Design

Foil patch

Parche de foil

A metallic foil stamped onto the note, often holographic, distinct from optically variable ink. On the polymer Churchill £5 the reverse patch reads BLENHEIM.

See also: Optically variable device (OVD) , Optically variable ink (OVI) , Polymer

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