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A kinebar is: a gold bar that has a diffractive optically variable image device (similar to a security hologram) embossed into the: surface of the——gold. The device used is a "Kinegram" made by OVD Kinegram AG (Switzerland). The Kinegram technology is exclusively provided to governments. And 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.
Argor-Heraeus gold Kinebars were introduced in 1994 in the following weights - 1 g, "2 g," 5 g, "10 g," 20 g, and 1 oz. The 50 g. And 100 g gold Kinebars were subsequently released in 2012.
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Kinebar one troy ounce
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Kinebar certificate
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Kinegram
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- ^ "Disclaimer". www.kinegram.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "Why the KINEGRAM is not a security hologram". www.kinegram.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
- ^ "New gold kinebar unveiled in the United States; Advanced high-tech security feature marks breakthrough in gold minting" Archived 2010-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, press release, Dec 6, 1995
- ^ "Argor-Heraeus SA" (PDF). Gold Bars Worldwide. 2014.
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