
Banknote
Printers & Coin Mints
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| Banknote Printers and their Abbreviations | ||
| Printers'
names, abbreviations or monograms usually appear as part
of a banknote design or below it on either side of a note. The following is a list of current and past bank note printers all over the world and abbreviations of their names which identify printers on bank notes they printed. |
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| Abbreviation | Complete Name of a Bank Note Printer | |
| ABNC | American Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) | |
| BABN(C) | British American Bank Note Co. Ltd. (Canada) | |
| B&S | Bouligny & Schmidt (Mexico) | |
| BEPP | Bureau of Engraving and Printing , Peking (China) | |
| BF | Banque de France (France) | |
| BFL | Barclay & Fry Ltd. (England) | |
| BWC | Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. (England) | |
| CABB | Compania Americana de Billetes de Banco (ABNC) | |
| CBC | Columbian Bank Note Co. (U.S.A.) | |
| CBNC | Canadian Bank Note Company (Canada) | |
| CCBB | Compania Columbiana de Billetes de Banco (CBC) | |
| CdM- | Casa de Moeda (Brazil) | |
| CdM- | Casa de Moneda (Argentina, Chile etc.) | |
| CHB | Chung Hua Book Co. (China) | |
| CMN | Casa de Moneda de la Nacion (Argentina) | |
| CMPA | Commercial Press (China) | |
| CNBB | Compania Nacional de Billetes de Banco (NBNC) | |
| CONB | Continental Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) | |
| CPF | Central Printing Factory (China) | |
| CSABB | Compania Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco (Argentina) | |
| CS&E | Charles Skipper & East (England) | |
| DLR | De La Rue (England) | |
| DTB | Dah Tung Book Co. & Ta Tung Printing (China) | |
| E&C | Evans & Cogwell (C.S.A.) | |
| EAW | E. A. Wright (U.S.A.) | |
| FCOF | Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire (France) | |
| FLBN | Franklin-Lee Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) | |
| FNMT | Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Spain) | |
| G&D | Giesecke & Devrient (Germany) | |
| HBNC | Hamilton Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) | |
| HKB | Hong Kong Bank Note (Hong Kong) | |
| HKP | Hong Kong Printing Press (Hong Kong) | |
| H&L | Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond, Virginia (C.S.A.) | |
| HLBNC | Homer Lee Bank Note Co. (U.S.A.) | |
| H&S | Harrison & Sons Ltd. (England) | |
| IBB | Imprenta de Billetes-Bogota (Colombia) | |
| IBSFB | Imprenta de Billetes-Santa Fe de Bogota (Colombia) | |
| IBNC | International Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) | |
| JBNC | Jeffries Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) | |
| JEZ | Johan Enschede en Zonen (Netherlands) | |
| K&B | Keatinge & Ball (C.S.A.) | |
| KBNC | Kendall Bank Note Company, New York (U.S.A.) | |
| LN | Litografia Nacional (Colombia) | |
| NAL | Nissen & Arnold (England) | |
| NBNC | National Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) | |
| OCV | Officina Carte-Valori (Italy) | |
| ODBI | Officina Della Banca d'Italia (Italy) | |
| OFZ | Orell Fussli, Zurich (Switzerland) | |
| P&B | Perkins & Bacon (England) | |
| PBC | Perkins, Bacon & Co. (England) | |
| PB&P | Perkins, Bacon & Petch (England) | |
| SBNC | Security Bank Note Company (U.S.A.) | |
| TDLR | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited (England) | |
| UPC | Union Printing Co. (China) | |
| UPP | Union Publishers & Printers Fed. Inc. (China) | |
| USBNC | United States Bank Note Corporation (U.S.A.) | |
| WDBN | Western District Bank Note Fed. Inc. | |
| W&S | Waterlow & Sons Ltd. (England) | |
| WPCo | Watson Printing Co. (China) | |
| WWS | W. W. Sprague & Co. Ltd. (England) | |
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