banknote
Let an agent handle banknotes by issuer, series, denomination, security features, exchange of old notes and collecting, and help people check notes and report suspected counterfeits without facilitating counterfeiting.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identity Which note.
Issuer
Central bank.
Issuer
Issuer and series.
- Which issuer, series and denomination is it? provenance
- Is it still legal tender? provenance
Design
Imagery.
Design
Design.
- Who or what is depicted, according to the issuer? provenance
- When was the design introduced? provenance
Security Genuine or not.
Features
Public features.
Features
Security features.
- Which public security features can be checked, according to the central bank? provenance
- How are they checked by feel, look and tilt? action
Counterfeit
Reporting.
Counterfeit
Suspected counterfeits.
- What should someone do with a suspected counterfeit note? action
- Which authority should be told? provenance
Exchange Old notes.
Withdrawn
Old series.
Withdrawn
Withdrawn notes.
- Can withdrawn notes still be exchanged, and until when? provenance
- Where? provenance
Damaged
Mutilated notes.
Damaged
Damaged notes.
- How can damaged notes be exchanged? action
- What rules apply? provenance
Collecting Notaphily.
Value
Catalogues.
Value
Collector value.
- What is its catalogue value in this grade? measurement
- Which catalogue is used? provenance
Grading
Condition.
Grading
Grading.
- How is the condition graded? definition
- Is third-party grading advisable? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
What it is Filled
A type of paper or polymer money issued by a central bank or authorised issuer, which may have legal-tender status in its jurisdiction, bearing denominations and security features and sometimes national symbols; also collected as a hobby.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle banknotes by issuer, series, denomination, security features, exchange of old notes and collecting, and help people check notes and report suspected counterfeits without facilitating counterfeiting.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Central banks issue banknotes.
- Legal-tender status depends on the jurisdiction and the note.
- Security features protect banknotes against counterfeiting.
- Banknote series are withdrawn over time.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Help reproduce, alter or pass a banknote, or produce an image that breaches reproduction rules.
- Confirm a note as genuine or counterfeit in place of the issuer or a bank.
- Help move cash in a way designed to avoid reporting requirements.
- Present a withdrawn note as current, or ignore an exchange deadline.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision on whether to accept, exchange or surrender a note.
- Handling notes thought to be counterfeit, which belongs with the bank or police.
May
- Identify a note's issuer, denomination and series from official descriptions of its features.
- Check whether a note is still legal tender or exchangeable, with the issuer's published deadline.
- Explain how to report a suspect note to the bank or the police.
Moral aspects Filled
- Counterfeiting robs ordinary people who accept the note in good faith.
- People who miss an exchange deadline, often the poorest, lose their savings.
Who is affected
- People who accept cash
- Holders of withdrawn notes
- The issuing central bank
Owners Filled
Steward
The central bank or authorised issuer, which defines legal tender and reproduction rules.
Master systems
- Central bank records of issued series and withdrawal deadlines
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q11060274 - registry parent class
- Q114794799 - registry parent class
- Q2342494 - registry parent class
- Q693464 - registry parent class
- Q838948 - registry parent class
related
- currency and print - category
- central bank - issuer
- security printing - technology
- notaphily - hobby
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.banknote
- Wikidata: Q47433 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47433)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Denomination and issuer name
- Security features such as watermarks and holograms
- Coins are a separate form of cash
- Printed rectangles of paper or polymer with portraits, symbols, watermarks and holograms.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify issuer, series and denomination
- check public security features
- exchange withdrawn notes
- value and collect notes with sources
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Counterfeit notes
- Deadlines to exchange withdrawn notes
- Reproductions breaching reproduction rules
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Central bank laws
- Counterfeiting laws
- Banknote reproduction rules
Context of use required Filled
- Cash payment and store of value; collecting.
- paper banknotes
- polymer banknotes
- commemorative notes
- withdrawn and historical notes
- specimen notes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q47433: banknote - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Banknote - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each series be a separate entry?
- How should central bank data be linked?
- How should collecting values be sourced?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q47433/spec.json