Kinebar
Encyclopedia
A kinebar is a gold bar
which contains a Kinegram to prove its authenticity. Kinegram is a trademark of OVD Kinegram Corp. (Switzerland). A kinegram is a diffractive
security device embossed into a substrate (here gold). It is intended both as a security feature and for visual appeal. Note that a Kinegram is not a hologram
; a Kinegram displays a flat diffractive design, while a hologram is a diffractive device that displays a three-dimensional image.
Union Bank of Switzerland
, through its subsidiary refinery, Argor-Heraeus SA, has applied the kinegram as a security device to the reverse of its minted bars since December 1993. The kinebar, now produced by UBS AG
, is a registered trade mark of UBS.
Gold bar
A gold bar is a quantity of refined metallic gold of any shape that is made by a bar producer meeting standard conditions of manufacture, labeling, and record keeping....
which contains a Kinegram to prove its authenticity. Kinegram is a trademark of OVD Kinegram Corp. (Switzerland). A kinegram is a diffractive
Diffraction
Diffraction refers to various phenomena which occur when a wave encounters an obstacle. Italian scientist Francesco Maria Grimaldi coined the word "diffraction" and was the first to record accurate observations of the phenomenon in 1665...
security device embossed into a substrate (here gold). It is intended both as a security feature and for visual appeal. Note that a Kinegram is not a hologram
Holography
Holography is a technique that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that when an imaging system is placed in the reconstructed beam, an image of the object will be seen even when the object is no longer present...
; a Kinegram displays a flat diffractive design, while a hologram is a diffractive device that displays a three-dimensional image.
Union Bank of Switzerland
Union Bank of Switzerland
Union Bank of Switzerland was a large integrated financial services company located in Switzerland. The bank, which at the time was the second largest bank in Switzerland, merged with Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998, to become UBS to form what was then the largest bank in Europe and the second...
, through its subsidiary refinery, Argor-Heraeus SA, has applied the kinegram as a security device to the reverse of its minted bars since December 1993. The kinebar, now produced by UBS AG
UBS AG
UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland, which provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland...
, is a registered trade mark of UBS.