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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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In the Women on Banknotes topic, American Abroad said "I really like the Armenian note." I thought that somebody might like to see the UV photo of the note.  I check all of my banknotes under a UV light, some of the designs are quite pretty. |
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Valued Member
Canada
206 Posts |
Nice! Thanks for sharing.
Can you show us another one amongst your favorites?
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
94 Posts |
There are many beautiful designs, but it's difficult to photograph them without specialised equipment and you have to know what you are doing - which I don't. Here are some that have come out quite well using my phone. MoldovaP8  South Korea P54  And, Cayman Islands P38  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing these!
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Valued Member
United States
67 Posts |
Nice images! I've always enjoyed the surprise from what you might see in UV light on banknotes. Here's one of my favorites, from Surinam (images without and with UV)   |
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Valued Member
United States
484 Posts |
I started to photograph and catalog all my notes under UV light. But I decided that it was something I'd wait to finish when I'm retired. I still check each one and annotate if it has UV Properties, but it is more work than a simple scan. I do remember one guy from a board who replaced the scanner bulb with a UV one. It seemed to work quite well. I might do that later on.
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Valued Member
United States
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I just got a film scanner (shines light from the lid downwards) to scan watermarks. Now I need yet another scanner for UV? :)
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 , KeithM and thanks for sharing your photos! I recently picked up an inexpensive UV flashlight for checking out notes with UV sensitivities. I've not tried to photo them yet - yours look great! So does your Suriname note, Dave M.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
206 Posts |
Wow. Thank you Keith.
Love the Cayman Islands note under UV.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
901 Posts |
Great photos Keith, really like how the Moldova note looks under UV
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hey, those turned out pretty well, ScotsGreyhound! |
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United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Very cool guys! Gotta get me a UV light and try taking some pics too...
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
901 Posts |
@walk2dwater, it can be hit & miss holding a small uv flaslight in one hand and a camera phone in the other  . There are some lovely security features & designs on some banknotes though, so even if they don't always photograph well it is interesting to see a note under uv light. |
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United States
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nice notes. The hidden images are sometimes pretty cool, but I like the even the more mundane ones. I've found that if you increase some white light in the mix - like a lamp on a few feet away, it can help with the overall image. Gotta play with it to get just the right exposure. I hope to do a lot more of these, but it takes some time for me to do so. Maybe a nice retirement project for me in a few years. Here's a few of the better ones I was able to get with increasing with white light with the black light.  |
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Posted 01/28/2019 05:01 am
