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De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series demonstration note

De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) - obverseDe La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) - reverse

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Features

Issuer United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Banknote patterns and trials
Year 2014
Composition Paper
Size 154 × 85 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Offset
Number
N#
455570

Obverse

Kingfisher bird on a branch

Script: Latin

Lettering:
De La Rue
De La Rue Fifty
KINGFISHER ALCEDO ATTHIS
50

Reverse

Boy carrying a jar with a butterfly inside

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50
Fifty
© De La Rue 2014

Watermark

Large butterfly

De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) -  obverse

© Brandon Bertolli (CC BY-SA)

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

There are several versions of this note:

 

1. Wide security strip, no hologram tab on upper left obverse

2. Medium security strip, with hologram tab on upper left obverse

3. Narrow security strip, with hologram tab on upper left obverse

4. No security strip, with a complete hologram on the upper left obverse and with a polymer window

 

The following features apply to the note with the wide security strip and no hologram tab:

 

There is a solid holographic security strip windowed into five pieces on the obverse. One piece is long and there are two short pieces on either side. It has “50” repeated on it.

Under backlight the whole strip can be seen. It is a plain wide strip:

 

UV activity is on the reverse only, seen here at 365nm:

 

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
2014  Photo Medium security strip. Hologram tab
2014  Photo Narrow security strip. Hologram tab
2014  Photo No security strip. Hologram and polymer window present
2014  Wide security strip, no hologram tab
2014  Wide security strip. Hologram tab

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Picture 1 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 2 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 3 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 4 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 5 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note)
© Brandon Bertolli
2014 – Medium security strip. Hologram tab
The note has a hologram tab, but there is no holographic image on it. UV activity is on the reverse only, photographed here at 365nm.
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Picture 1 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 2 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 3 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 4 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 5 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note)
© Brandon Bertolli
2014 – Narrow security strip. Hologram tab
The note has a hologram tab, but there is no holographic image on it. UV activity is on the reverse only, photographed here at 365nm.
(see more)
Picture 1 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 2 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 3 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 4 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note) Picture 5 of the example of De La Rue - 50 Kingfisher 2014 Series (demonstration note)
© Brandon Bertolli
2014 – No security strip. Hologram and polymer window present
UV images were taken at 365nm.
(see more)
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