Answer by esnible for How does the authentication in the new UK £1 coin work?
The BBC has a two minute video of talking heads discussing the technology but it doesn't show how it works. The iSIS technology is a 'special material' that can be added to the existing aRMour...
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The Royal Mint indicated that the technology is patented, and having relatively few patents under its name it seems likely that they are tagging their coinage with embedded luminescent particles....
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They are using a system called ISIS which also has some more details available here. It appears to be a form of micro-tagging embedded within the currency itself (based on the comment the same...
View ArticleAnswer by Graham Hill for How does the authentication in the new UK £1 coin...
Well, obviously we don't know - security by obscurity is a perfectly good idea so long as it is only one part of a security in depth approach. But my understanding is that it is chemical - ISIS is a...
View ArticleHow does the authentication in the new UK £1 coin work?
The UK is getting a new £1 coin. Its designers, the Royal Mint, claim that unlike current coins, it includes built in technology for high speed authentication and verification everywhere from ATMs to...
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