The Catalog of  Printers' Test Notes - 12th Edition

The Reference for Bank Note Printer Test and Promotional Notes 

Covers all test, advertising, promotional, and house notes for firms involved in producing bank notes. 

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Released March 2017,  View the sample pages.

  • Hundreds of UV (ultraviolet), close up, and sharp angle images to show security features present.  All trademarked security terms shown, with a definition and firm using feature in the expanded Glossary.
  • Current valuations in uncirculated condition for all notes.
  • IN PDF (Adobe Acrobat) 200MB file on CD, thus much lower shipping fees!  FREE shipping for email download option!
  • 579 pages - TWICE the size of 2015!
  • 3163 COLOR NOTE IMAGES (417 new) , attributing 1,138 (166 new) notes and 2,374 (327 new) subvarieties, such as date, logo, address, color, material, security device differences, and others.
  • All 182 known printer firms producing test notes, including Printer's test, house and advertising notes from the 1850's forward. The catalog also includes any firm used to produce bank notes, including security ink, security paper mills, polymer producers, holographic and other security devices, and banknote design firms.  36 firms added from 2015!
  • Images of 95+% of each test note set.  
  • Only English language test note catalog.
  • Only current test note catalog.
  • 4th image on this page shows a sample PDF page with bookmark feature in use. ALL test note issuing firms are bookmarked, standard on all catalogs sold.
  • Table of Contents lists Firm, number of unique cataloged notes, number of sub-varieties and comments.  Now also shows the alpha catalog designation for each firm.
  • As with all PDF files, the entire catalog is searchable with a word or phrase.  Common names of test notes added to aid search, such as "blue bird", "Lord Nelson", or "Avantgarde".  
  • Cross reference "family trees" of all firms that formed the American Bank Note Company and Thomas de la Rue.


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    • 182 know printer firms are: 

      Aestron Security Design

      American Bank Note Company

      James M Anderson

      Applegarth and Cowper

      Applied Optical Technologies

      Arjo Wiggins SAS

      Ashby and Company

      Ashton-Potter Company

      Atlantic Bank Note Company

      Ault & Wiborg Company

      -B-

      Banca Roma

      Bank of England

      Bank of France

      BA Bank Note Group

      Barclay & Fry Ltd.

      Beijing Banknote Printing Corporation

      Belgium National Bank

      BNB Printing Works

      Bradbury & Evans

      Bradbury-Wilkinson

      Bradley & Rulofson

      Mathew Brady

      British American Bank Note Company

      Bundesdruckerei GmbH

      Burton & Gurley Bank Note Engravers

      -C-

      California Ink Company

      Canada Bank Note Company

      Canadian Bank Note Company

      S E Casa de Moneda de Argentina

      Casa da Moeda do Brazil

      Casa de Moneda de Chile

      Charles Toppan & Company

      China Banknote Ink Company Ltd.

      China Banknote Printing and Minting Complex

      (China) Bureau of Engraving and Printing

      J. Clark Engraving

      Columbian Bank Note Company

      Continental Bank Note Company

      B. F. Corlies & Macy

      Crane & Company

      CSIRO

      -D-

      Danforth, Bald & Company

      Danforth, Underwood & Company

      Debdens

      De La Rue

      De La Rue Garny

      De La Rue Giori

      E. Desfosses

      Danmarks Nationalbank

      Diagranm Halback

      DIPA ZRT.

      Documintation as

      Domtar Incorporated

      Draper, Toppan and Longacre

      Draper, Underwood, Bald, & Spencer

      Durand & Company

      Durand, Perkins & Company

      Durand, Wright, & Company

      DuraNote

      -E-

      Echantillon

      E. C. Starr

      Eleazer Huntington Banknote Engravers

      Johan Enschede en Zonen

      Bank of Estonia

      -F-

      Fabriano

      Fairman, Draper, & Underwood

      Ferdinand Mayer & Co.

      Bank of Finland

      H. C. Foote

      Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire

      Franklin-Lee Bank-Note Company

      -G-

      Garny

      General Banknote Corporation

      Giesecke & Devrient GmbH

      Giori, S.A. (Organization and De La Rue)

      Gleitsmann Security Inks

      Goebel GmbH

      Goznak

      The Graphic Company

      Graphic Company of Boston

      -H-

      Hamilton Bank Note Company

      Harrisons Security Printers

      Hass Banknote Engraving Company

      Hatch & Company

      R. Hoe & Company

      A. Hoen & Company

      Hologram Industries

      Homer Lee Bank Note Company

      Hueck Foils

      -I-

      Inovink

      The Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes & Coins

      International Bank Note Company

      Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato

      -J-

      F E Jones

      Jura Security Design

      -K-

      Banknote Factory of Kazakhstan National Bank

      KBA NotaSys

      Keatinge & Ball

      Kendall Bank Note Company

      K. K. Hof – U. Staatsdruckerei

      Komori Printing Machinery Co. Ltd.

      Korea Minting & Security Printing Corporation

      Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp.

      Kurz

      Kusters Engineering

      -L-

      Landis + Gyr AG

      LandQart

      Llenas y Cia. S.A.

      John A. Lowell Bank Note

      Lowell & Brett

      Louisenthal

      Luminescence International Limited

      Luminus

      -M-

      Merck KGaA

      Mexico Printing Works

      Miller & Boyle

      Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses

      Murray, Fairman & Company

      -N-

      National Bank Note Company

      National Bank of Egypt

      National Bank of Romania

      National Bank of Ukraine

      Central Bank of The Netherlands

      New England Bank Note Company

      New York Bank Note Company

      Norway Bank

      Note Printing Australia

      N*T*Graf

      -O-

      OeBS

      Opalux

      Optaglio s.r.o.

      Orell Fussli Security Printing Ltd.

      -P-

      Parsons Paper Company

      Perkins, Bacon & Petch

      Perkins and Fairman

      Perkins, Fairman, & Heath

      Perkins & Heath

      Perum Peruri

      Gestaltung Manuela Pfrunder GmbH

      Atelier Roger Pfund Communication

      Pangaea

      Panstwawa Wytwornia Papierow Wartosciowych SA

      Penzjegynyomda

      Proba Forma

      Proost en Brandt, bv

      Poštovní tiskárna cenin Praha, a.s.

      Pura Group

      -R-

      Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Company

      Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson Engravers

      Reed, Stiles and Company

      Reed, Stiles, Pelton and Company

      Republic Bank Note Company

      Rolic Technologies

      -S-

      St. Louis Bank Note Company

      Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre

      Schmidt Rhymer AG

      Schut Paper Mill

      Securency Pty Ltd

      Security Banknote Company

      Security-Columbian Banknote Company

      Security Papers Europe

      Shanghai Banknote Printing Co. Ltd.

      SICPA Holdings SA

      Silba International Banknote Design & Security Printing Inc.

      Charles Skipper & East

      U.S. Sleight Metallic Ink Company

      Societe Technique d'Impressions Fiduciaire

      South American Banknote Company

      Staderini Carte Valori SPA

      Statni Tiskarna Cenin

      Stork Thieme

      Strobridge & Co.

      -T-

      Tanner, Kearney & Tiebout

      Thailand Security Printing Works

      Thomas De La Rue

      3D AG

      Alexander Tilloch

      Toppan, Carpenter, & Company

      Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Company

      Toppan Printing Company

      AB Tumba Bruk

      -U-

      Underwood, Bald, Spencer, & Hufty

      Union de Banques Susses

      United States Banknote Company

      United States Engraving Company

      Union Bank Note Company

      -V-

      Victoria Security Printing a.s.

      -W-

      Walsall Security Printers

      Waterlow & Sons

      Waterman Lily Ormsby

      Wellstood, Benson & Hanks

      Western Bank Note Company

      Whitehead, Morris, & Company Ltd.

      James W. Wilcox

      Wilson W. Wilson Engraving and Printing

      E. A. Wright Bank Note Company

      -X,Y, Z-

      ZIN