During bank notes printing they use dyes with magnetic properties that appear after adding some ferromagnetic components into a dye. Such a dye can be detected by means of magnetic image visualizers or by testers with magnetic head. They often print serial numbers or fragments of metallographic picture with a magnetic dye.
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