Financial instrument and method of making
First Claim
1. An international financial instrument comprising a face having a first area and a second area, a multi-letter international monetary code printed on said first area, an amount printed on said second area, said monetary code comprising a three letter code consisting of letters printed in a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots to define an outline of each of said letters.
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Abstract
An international financial instrument has a multi-letter international monetary code printed on the face thereof in a first area and an amount printed on the face thereof in a second area. The letters making up the monetary code are printed in a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots which define the outlines for the letters. The name of the currency denomination corresponding to the multi-letter international monetary code may be printed in at least one line overlapping the multi-letter international monetary code. Each of the letters may be printed in a negative pattern that includes an open area in which a smaller version of the letter is printed in a positive pattern.
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40 Claims
- 1. An international financial instrument comprising a face having a first area and a second area, a multi-letter international monetary code printed on said first area, an amount printed on said second area, said monetary code comprising a three letter code consisting of letters printed in a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots to define an outline of each of said letters.
- 9. An international financial instrument comprising a face having a first area and a second area, a multi-letter international code printed on said first area, an amount printed on said second area, said amount consisting of digits which are printed inn a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots that define an outline of each of said digits, said monetary code comprising a three letter code consisting of letters printed in a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots to define an outline of each of said letters.
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15. A method of preparing a secure international financial instrument comprising the steps of:
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a) providing an instrument having a first area thereon in which a monetary code, consisting of a three letter code, is to be printed, and a second area thereon n which an amount is to be printed. b) printing in said first area a monetary code, consisting of a three letter code, using letters printed in a negative pattern formed by a series of rows of printed dots which define the outline of said letters, and c) printing in said second area an amount. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An international financial instrument comprising
a face having a first area and a second area, a multi-letter international monetary code printed on said first area, and an amount printed on said second area, said monetary code comprising a three letter code consisting of letters printed in a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots to define an outline of each of said letters, and a currency denomination corresponding to said monetary code, said currency denomination consisting of letters printed in at least one line overlapping said first area.
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30. An international financial instrument comprising a face having a first area and a second area, a multi-letter international monetary code printed on said first area, an amount printed on said second area, said monetary code comprising a three letter code consisting of letters printed in a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots to define an outline of each of said letters, wherein sufficient spacing is provided between said rows of dots to create a series of voids through which an underlying color on said face of said international financial instrument can be discerned, and a currency denomination corresponding to said monetary code printed in at least one line overlapping said first area by a series of rows of printed dots that are sufficient in number and spacing so as to provide a darker appearance than said monetary code.
- 31. An international financial instrument comprising a face having a first area and a second area, a multi-letter international monetary code printed on said first area, an amount printed on said second area, said amount consisting of digits which are printed in a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots that define an outline of each of said digits, said monetary code comprising a three letter code consisting of letters printed in a negative pattern and formed by a series of rows of printed dots too define an outline of each of said letters, and a currency denomination corresponding to said monetary code, said currency denomination consisting of letters printed in at least one line overlapping said monetary code.
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35. A method of preparing a secure international financial instrument comprising the steps of:
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a) providing an instrument having a first area thereon in which an international monetary code, consisting of a three letter code, is to be printed, and a second area thereon in which an amount is to be printed, b) printing in said first area an international monetary code, consisting of a three letter code, in a negative pattern formed by a series of rows of printed dots which define the outline of said letters, c) printing in said second area an amount consisting of digits in a negative pattern formed by a series of rows of printed dots which define the outline of said digits, and said series of rows of printed dots are printed with sufficient spacing to create a series of voids through which an underlying color on said instrument can be discerned, and d) printing a currency denomination corresponding to said monetary code in at least one line overlapping said first area. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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