2013 年 50 巻 4 号 p. 357-360
It has been said that banknotes appeared in the 10th century. This was 500 years before the invention of letterpress printing by Gutenberg. The birth of banknotes ensured security and convenience in economic activities. In other words, this was the birth of security printing. Since then, special designs have been developed that cannot be duplicated by the technologies of public security printing. These are defined ideologically as security designs. In this first study, I explain the origin of security design features and the "recognition of solemn authority," which developed in the social trends of the Middle Ages through modern times.