List of banknote printers
The following is a list providing an overview of private companies and state-owned enterprises that are active in the field of printing banknotes.
List
Historic printers
Country | Name | Year of start | Year of end |
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Compañía de Valores Sudamericana | 1951 | 2013[Note 11] |
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The British American Bank Note Company | 1866 | 1956 |
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Setec Oy | 1999 | 2005[7] |
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Perkins Bacon | 1810 | 1935 |
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Harrison and Sons | 1750 | 1997[Note 12] |
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Waterlow and Sons | 1810 | 2009[Note 12] |
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Bradbury Wilkinson and Company | 1856 | 1990[Note 12] |
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New York Bank Note Company | 1877 | |
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Homer Lee Bank Note Company | 1891[Note 13] | |
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American Bank Note Company | 1795 | [Note 14] |
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Hamilton Bank Note Company |
See also
Notes
- Started as a Joint venture with Oberthur Fiduciaire.
- Started as a De La Rue subsidiary in 1984, purchased by Hong Kong Exchange Fund in 1996. Current minority shareholders are China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (15%), The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (10%), Standard Chartered Hong Kong (10%) and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (10%).
- Started as a Joint venture with De La Rue.
- Since 2019, the company operates as a Joint venture between De La Rue (60%) and Government of Kenya (40%).
- Subsidiary of De La Rue.
- Subsidiary of Crane Currency.
- Started as a Joint venture with Giesecke+Devrient.
- Started as a Joint venture with Bradbury Wilkinson and Company.
- The company is a Joint venture between De La Rue (60%) and Government of Sri Lanka (40%).
- Crane AB was formerly named Tumba Bruk and was affiliated with the Sveriges Riksbank. It was purchased by Crane Currency in 2002.
- Merged into Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina.
- Purchased by De La Rue and later shut down.
- Purchased by American Bank Note Company.
- It is still active by the name ABCorp, however does not print banknotes anymore.
References
- López-Bosch, Cedrian (March 2017), "The Banknote Industry", El Boletín Numismático (Translated and revised ed.), Mexico City: Sociedad Numismática de México (published Jul–Sep 2015), no. 248, Annex: Main Banknote Printers, pp. 13–24
- "National Bank of Iraq". www.pjsymes.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- "Kenya and De La Rue partnership kicks off", Business Daily, 19 April 2019
- "New €27m De La Rue facility opens", Times of Malta, 24 April 2018
- "Crane Currency prints its one billionth banknote at its Malta facility", The Malta Independent, 15 November 2018
- "De La Rue: A true partnership with Sri Lanka", Daily FT, 1 July 2014
- Rissanen, Teemu (July 2010). "Electronic identity in Finland: ID cards vs. bank IDs". Identity in the Information Society. Springer Netherlands. 3 (1): 175–194. doi:10.1007/s12394-010-0049-8. ISSN 1876-0678.
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