Experts
Reporters found that the enlarged picture posted by the netizen was roughly the same as the pattern seen on the 100 yuan RMB note. However, the outline was processed with black edging by the poster. After edging, several prostrating cats "leapt onto the paper."
Yuan Yinlong stated that watermark did indeed play an anti-counterfeiting role when printing and forgery technology was not yet developed, but today its anti-counterfeiting role has somewhat weakened.
"Prostrating cats" discovered on banknotes
"Watermarks found by netizens on coins were actually quite common in the past," said Yuan Yinlong, a coin expert from Henan Province. He introduced that in 1944, on the 200-yuan denomination banknote issued by the Central Reserve Bank of the Japanese puppet government established by Wang Jingwei, there was a very small English abbreviation watermark "US-AC", which meant "America is coming." This actually reflected the widespread people's hatred for the Japanese invaders. Yuan Yinlong claimed that at that time, the United States formed an anti-Japanese alliance with China, and the designer of this banknote was from Shanghai, whose patriotic sentiment was fully revealed.
"Patriotic watermarks" on coins
Netizens
According to reports (by reporter Shen Zhimin), recently, netizens have posted threads claiming that after enlarging the front side of the fifth series 100-yuan RMB, they discovered several "prostrating cats." The thread also attached the enlarged pictures. Regarding this, yesterday, coin experts denied it, stating that the "prostrating cat" was the imagination of netizens, and the "cat" pattern should be part of the design for anti-counterfeiting technology.
"The RMB definitely does not feature a cat or a prostration figure of a cat," said Yuan Yinlong, a coin expert from Henan Province. He believed that upon careful observation, the enlarged patterns online were the result of netizens outlining them and then "exercising their imagination." "After enlarging the hundred-yuan RMB, there are no details such as whiskers on the cat, but netizens humorously added them."
The enlarged picture posted by netizens showed that on both sides of Chairman Mao's portrait on the 100-yuan RMB, there were three "cats." "One cat" had its mouth open, standing upright with eyes as big as copper coins, and its forelimbs extended. The "two cats" in the middle had their front paws raised, making a prostration gesture.
Yesterday, reporters repeatedly dialed the office phone number of the People's Bank of China staff members, but no one answered.
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Yuan Yinlong emphasized that the design of the RMB often needs to go through multiple levels of review before being approved. "If it were several cats prostrating, it would not have been passed."
Netizens claimed that on the front of the hundred-yuan RMB, there were three "cats," two of which were in a prostration posture. The picture came from the internet.
It is the result of netizens "exercising their imagination"
"Discovered below the words 'People's Bank of China' on the front of the 100-yuan banknote, there are three cat-shaped patterns, two of which seem to be prostrating. Too cute. Who designed it?" Recently, netizens posted threads claiming that on the fifth series 100-yuan RMB, there were several rather cute cats hidden.
According to media reports, relevant staff from the Quality and Technology Department of Shanghai Printing Company Limited stated that the design of RMB is the responsibility of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China. To prevent counterfeiting, some designs are confidential and can only be explained by the People's Bank of China.
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At the same time, Yuan Yinlong also introduced that RMB anti-counterfeiting technology is divided into public anti-counterfeiting technology, professional anti-counterfeiting technology, and design anti-counterfeiting technology. The so-called "cat pattern" should belong to design anti-counterfeiting technology, "this technology belongs to state secrets." Yuan Yinlong determined that the pattern resembled a combination of ancient elements and modern cartoon patterns, but what exactly it represents is still unclear.