IDENTIFY YOUR CURRENCY NOTES

$500 AND $1000

IDENTIFY YOUR CURRENCY NOTES

$500 AND $1000

If you have a note which you believe is

counterfeit, take it to the police at once.

It is a criminal offence to hold or pass on

a note which you know is counterfeit.

While there may be some counterfeit

notes about, you can protect yourself

by checking the notes when you

receive them.

Old banknotes remain legal tender.

The previous design of banknotes,

with the hummingbird watermark and

fl ower highlight, remain legal tender and

will continue to circulate alongside the

upgraded notes until the stock of older

notes is exhausted.

Information is also available on Bank of Jamaica’s website at

www.boj.org.jm

This leafl et illustrates the key security

features of the upgraded $500 and

$1000 banknotes, including the new

security features as well as the current

ones with which you are familiar.

The new security features will make

Jamaican banknotes more diffi cult

to counterfeit, and make it easier to

distinguish counterfeit from genuine

banknotes.

Look for the key security features

described in this leafl et. Do not rely on

just one single feature. If you are in doubt,

compare the note with one that you

know is genuine.

BANK OF JAMAICA BANK OF JAMAICA

June 2005 June 2005

You already know about these

EXISTING security features...

Feel the banknote.

Run your fi ngers over the note for the

familiar feel of banknote paper and to

fi nd the places where the ink is thicker.

Look at the iridescent coating.

This consists of a vertical band of

colour which changes when viewed

at an angle. The image on the $500 is

a band of ‘clubs’ and on the $1000, a

band of butterfl ies.

Look and feel the feature for the visually impaired.

Each note has a different symbol on the front to aid the

partially sighted.

$500 Five Hundred

$1000 One Thousand

...Now you need to know about these

NEW features too

Look for the watermark.

Hold the banknote up to the light

and see the image of Nanny of the

Maroons on the $500 and Michael

Manley on the $1000.

Check for the watermark

highlight.

Place the banknote on a dark surface

and the shadow of a crocodile and

500 will be seen on the $500 and

a butterfl y and 1000 on the $1000.

The same images appear as a bright

highlight in the paper when the note is

held up to the light.

Check the security thread.

Tilt the banknote up and down and

the colour will change from red to

green. Hold the banknote up to the

light and the strip will appear as a

continuous line with the text ‘BOJ’

and the denomination of the note,

e.g. BOJ 500 or BOJ 1000.