Production
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Manuela Pfrunder's studio
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Graphic designer hard at work
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The 50-franc note
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Draft designs for the grid patterns and globe
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Security thread prior to integration into the substrate
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Integrating the polymer into the three-layer banknote substrate
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Aligning the substrate
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Substrate seen against the light
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Special machine for the Durasafe three-layer substrate
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Automated checking of print quality
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Inside the varnishing unit
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Feeding the sheets into the varnishing unit
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Sheet stacking machine on the varnishing unit
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Finished 50-franc notes
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Cutting the sheets
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Cutting the 50-franc notes into bundles
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Preparing the sheets for cutting
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Application of the security strip
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Unspooling the security strip
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Feeding in the security strip prior to application
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Adding ink for the intaglio printing process
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Intaglio printing plate in operation
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Template and ink cylinders in the open printing press
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Putting the finishing touches to the printing plate
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Feeding a sheet into the numbering press
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Detail of the numbering stamp
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Numbering stamps on the print cylinder
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Automated checking of serial numbers
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Sheet in the offset printing press
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Open offset printing press
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Detail of plate cylinder in the offset press
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Inside the print cylinder
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Silkscreen print cylinder
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Operator console on the silkscreen printing unit
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Test print of the globe on blank substrate
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Ink vat and mixer
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Detail on outside of the print cylinder
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Inside the print cylinder
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Preparing the bundles of notes for final inspection
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Bundling of freshly printed 50-franc notes
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Note packets leaving the checking unit
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Finished printed sheets; back of the 50-franc note
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Visual inspection of freshly printed 50-franc notes
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Inspection of a freshly printed 50-franc note under a magnifying glass
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Loading note packets into a crate
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