EP1810253A1

EP1810253A1 - Optically variable security element

Info

Publication number: EP1810253A1
Application number: EP05783071A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Peter Franz
Original assignee: Giesecke and Devrient GmbH
Current assignee: Giesecke and Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Priority date: 2004-09-24
Filing date: 2005-09-14
Publication date: 2007-07-25
Also published as: CN101019153A; WO2006034780A1; RU2007114641A; CN101019153B; RU2396596C2; DE102004046695A1; CA2577522A1

Abstract

The invention relates to an optically variable security element (16) for protecting valuable objects. Said element comprises at least one piece of information and a transparent optically variable layer (30) that is applied to the information. According to the invention, the information is formed by series of layers comprising a coloured printed background layer (22) and a line gravure printed layer (24) that is applied to the printed background layer (22).

Description

Optically variable security element

The invention relates to an optically variable security element for securing valuables, which has at least one piece of information and a translucent, optically variable layer arranged above the information.

Valuables, such as branded goods or documents of value, are often provided with security elements for the purpose of protection, which allow verification of the authenticity of the object of value and at the same time serve as protection against unauthorized reproduction. Valuables within the meaning of the present invention are in particular banknotes, stocks, bonds, certificates, vouchers, checks, high-quality admission tickets, but also other documents susceptible to counterfeiting, such as passports and other identity documents, as well as product security elements, such as labels, seals, packaging and the same. The term "valuable item" in the following includes all such items, documents and product securing means.

In order to prevent the reproduction itself with high-quality copiers, the security elements often have optically variable elements, which give the viewer a different image impression, for example a different color impression, at different viewing angles. For example, document EP 0435029 A2 discloses a security element with a plastic-like layer made of a liquid-crystal polymer which displays a pronounced color change at room temperature.

The document WO 97/19818 shows and describes a data carrier with an optically variable element, in which an information is applied in a color contrasting the data carrier and at least partially from a translucent, optically variable layer is covered. By laying the comparatively large optically variable pigments over high-resolution dark structures, even highly resolved information can be provided with an optically variable effect. However, the security elements thus produced are often referred to by users as having little or no patterning, since the background printing can only be printed with very dark printing inks and the fine structure of the high-resolution structures always shows paper white.

Based on this, the object of the invention is to provide a generic security element with high security against forgery and high visual attractiveness.

This object is achieved by the security element having the features of the main claim. A manufacturing method for the security element as well as a valuable object with such a security element are specified in the independent claims. Further developments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.

According to the invention, in the case of an optically variable security element of the aforementioned type, the information is formed by a layer sequence which has a colored background layer and an intaglio printing layer printed over the background layer. As a result, a visually appealing human feature is created, which, as explained in detail below, combines high flexibility in optical design with high counterfeit safety.

The intaglio printing layer is preferably provided with a dark printing ink, in particular with black, violet, brown, dark blue or dark green Color printed. Dark portrait colors can thus be used advantageously.

The printing plate needed for intaglio printing is preferably milled with the stylus, but can also be made by laser, etching or Auswachstechnilcen. If reference is made to "milling" in the following, of course, the other techniques can be read.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the surface area covered by the intaglio printing layer includes the surface area covered by the colored background layer. The preferably dark stichief printing ink thus covers any register variations to the background layer, so that the impression of perfect registration arises for the observer.

In a preferred embodiment, the intaglio printing layer at least contains a recess whose shape forms an information. Alternatively or additionally, the intaglio printing layer can have a fine structure of differently oriented, parallel lines whose shape forms information.

The lines of the fine structure expediently have a line thickness b of 50 μm to 500 μm, preferably of 100 μm to 200 μm, and are preferably arranged at a distance a which lies between 0.8 * b and 1.6 * b. As a line distance a is the distance between each. same, for example, left edges of adjacent lines called. If the line spacing a corresponds to the line width b, then the parallel lines lie side by side without a gap. The preferred range for the line spacing a thus extends from a 20% overlap of adjacent lines to line patterns with an intermediate space whose width is 60% of the line width. If the adjacent lines of the fine structure overlap in one area, then a very high and uniform areal coverage is achieved there, which can be desirable, in particular in an edge region in which the underlying edge of the background pressure is to be hidden. The milling depth of the lines is preferably between 5 .mu.m and 250 .mu.m, more preferably between 70 .mu.m and 120 .mu.m. The line parameters mentioned: line width, line spacing and milling depth can be uniform for the entire intaglio printing layer. Often, however, it makes sense to design different areas of the gravure printing layer with different line parameters, depending on the desired appearance.

In order to make the information of the intaglio printing layer more easily identifiable to the observer, it can be surrounded by a positive or negative edge contour. A positive edge contour is a circumferential, dark edge line visible in the print image, with a negative edge contour around a corresponding circumferential recess.

The security against forgery of the security element can be further increased by providing the intaglio printing layer with machine-readable feature substances, in particular magnetic feature substances, infrared-absorbing or infrared-transparent feature substances, phosphorescent, fluorescent or other luminescent substances.

The background layer may be a liquid crystal layer having a color shift effect, an interference layer, a metal layer or a print layer. The background layer is preferably a background printing layer which is printed in a uniform color with a colored or metallic color, for example a gold or silver color. Offset printing, indirect printing, screen printing or other printing processes known to those skilled in the art come into consideration as printing processes.

The background layer may also contain machine-readable feature substances, in particular infrared-transparent feature substances, phosphorescent, fluorescent or other luminescent substances.

In an advantageous embodiment of the security element according to the invention, the background printing layer contains at least one recess, the form of which forms information. Alternatively or additionally, the background printing layer can be printed in a structured manner, the form of the structuring forming an information. The colored background layer can be executed in one color or also in several colors.

The information of the gravure printing layer and / or the background layer may represent a picture motif, a portrait, a logo or an encoding, such as a barcode or an alphanumeric character string.

In some embodiments, both intaglio and undercoat contain information. The information of the two layers are in this case advantageously related or complementary to each other. The simplest case of related information is a repetition of the information. For example, the denomination of a banknote can be introduced into a recess or structuring both in the background layer and in the gravure printing layer. Complementary information is the combination of the both partial information the entire information. For example, complementary subgroups of a serial number or complementary parts of a portrait may be incorporated into the two layers.

The optically variable layer advantageously contains optically variable pigments, interference-layer pigments or pigments prepared on the basis of liquid-crystalline polymers. It preferably has a color shift effect as an optically variable effect. The application of the optically variable layer to the security element is expediently effected by printing, for example by screen printing, by painting or spraying.

In one development of the invention, the optically variable layer contains at least one recess whose shape forms a further information. The further information of the optically variable layer is advantageously based on the information of the intaglio printing layer and / or the Untergrunddruck¬ layer or supplements them. For example, the Farbkipp¬ effect of the optically variable layer and the color impression of the ground color coordinated so that the optically variable layer from certain viewing directions has the same color as the background pressure. From these viewing directions, the further information coded in the recess can not be recognized, while it clearly emerges from other viewing directions, from which the color impression of the optically variable layer differs from the color impression of the background layer.

The surface area covered by the optically variable layer advantageously includes the surface area covered by the intaglio printing layer. The security element is covered by the surface area covered by the optically variable layer and uncovered by the straddle layer preferably a light color, such as paper white. The translucent, optically variable layer is then almost invisible outside of the intaglio printing layer above the light background, while its optically variable effect clearly appears above the dark intaglio printing layer. The combination of background printing layer and Stichtiefdruck¬ layer can also be a very dark background can be achieved, which is the significant highlighting of Farbkippeff ect at least in some areas of the security element advantage.

The invention also includes a method for producing a security element of the type described above, in which

applied to a substrate a colored background layer, preferably printed, is,

a gravure printing layer is printed over the background layer, the layer sequence consisting of background layer and intaglio printing layer having information, and

- On the information a translucent, optically variable layer auf¬ brought, in particular printed.

The invention further includes a valuable article, such as a brand article, a document of value or the like, with a security element of the type described above. The information of the security element is hereby referred to or supplemented with particular advantage on information provided elsewhere in the article of value these. For example, the information of the security element can be the denomination of a banknote printed on another place or a printed on a value document graphic motif, such as a portrait, repeat. The valuable item may in particular be a security paper, a value document or a product packaging.

Overall, the described design options for the undercoat layer, the intaglio printing layer and the optically variable layer offer a high degree of flexibility for the design of security elements according to the invention. In addition, the optically variable layer is applied only as the last layer in the production method according to the invention, so that a low reject rate and thus cost-effective production can be achieved. Since the optically variable layer does not have to be embossed, its color shift effect is very evident.

Further exemplary embodiments and advantages of the invention are explained below with reference to the figures, in the representation of which a representation true to scale and proportion has been dispensed with in order to increase the clarity.

Show it:

1 shows a schematic representation of a banknote with an optically variable security element according to an embodiment of the invention,

2 shows a cross section through the banknote of FIG. 1 along the

Line II-II,

3 (a) to (e) show various variants for the design of the underlying layer of security elements according to the invention, 4 (a), (c), (e), (f) and (g) show various variants for designing the intaglio printing layer of inventive security elements, and (b) and (d) show detailed sections of the designs of (a) or (c),

5 shows in (a) to (c) sections through the intaglio printing layer according to the invention security elements for different ratios of line thickness b and line spacing a, and

Fig. 6 in (a) and (b) two more complex embodiments of the Er¬ invention in an exploded view.

The invention will now be explained in more detail using the example of a banknote. FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a banknote 10 which, in addition to the denomination 12 and a portrait representation 14, has an optically variable security element 16. The security element 16 contains information 18, in the exemplary embodiment a repetition of the denomination 12, which is generally printed several times on the banknote.

The security element can also repeat other information, such as a picture motif, such as the portrait 14, or represent a logo, an encoding, such as a bar code or an alphanumeric string. In order to increase the counterfeit security of the banknote, the information 18 of the security element 16 is typically related to or supplemented by information likewise present elsewhere in the banknote 10, so that the user has a simple authenticity check available. The structure of the security element 16 of FIG. 1 will now be explained in more detail with reference to the schematic sectional illustration of FIG. 2, which shows a section through the bank note 10 along the line II-II.

On the banknote paper 20, a colored background layer 22 is first printed in full screen by screen printing. The background layer 22 is printed in the exemplary embodiment with a uniform hue, for example red, blue or green. If desired, the background layer 22 may also be printed with a metallic effect color and, for example, bronze, silver, copper or gold. For applying the background layer 22, other printing methods known to those skilled in the art, such as offset printing or indirect printing, come into consideration.

Over the background layer 22, a gravure printing layer 24 is then printed with a dark color, for example black. The gravure printing layer 24 contains, in addition to a fine structure described below, a recess 26, the shape of which forms the information 18 of Fig. 1, in the exemplary embodiment the figure "1" 2, in the non-recessed areas 28 of the intaglio printing layer 24, a tactile relief structure with thick ink application.

The surface area covered by the intaglio printing machine 24 is slightly larger than the surface area covered by the background layer 22. As a result, the dark stitched printing ink covers any register fluctuations to the background printing, so that the impression of perfect registration arises for the observer. Over the layer sequence of lower layer 22 and intaglio printing layer 24, a translucent, optically variable layer 30, for example a printed layer with cholesteric liquid crystal pigments, is applied. The liquid crystal layer 30 exhibits a color shift effect in which the color impression of the layer changes for the viewer, for example, from blue to green.

The surface area covered by the liquid-crystal layer 30 is itself slightly larger than the area covered by the intaglio printing layer 24, so that the color-shift effect of the liquid-crystal layer 30 outside the dark intaglio print layer 24 is almost invisible over the light banknote paper. On the other hand, in the dark, not-recessed areas 28 of the intaglio printing layer 24, the FarbMppeffekt occurs clearly. Overall, the security element can thus provide the viewer with an attractive visual impression through the choice of color of the substrate and the design of intaglio printing, and moreover has the tactile relief structure and the optically variable liquid crystal layer a high safety value.

FIG. 3 shows in (a) to (e) various variants of the design of the underbody layer 22. FIG. 3 (a) initially shows a full-surface background layer 22, as does the security element 16 of FIGS. 1 and 2 ¬ points. 3 (b) has a recess 32 in the form of information, in this case the number "1." It is understood that this information of the background layer 22 is combined with information in the stitching pressure layer 24 can. In addition to simple recesses, the lower layer 22 can also have structured regions 34, the shape of which forms information, as shown in FIG. 3 (d). FIG. 3 (e) shows a further variant in which the underbody layer 22 has both a recess 32 containing information and an information-containing structured area 34. Recess 32 and structured region 34 can also be supplemented to form a total information, as illustrated, for example, by the divided number "1" in FIG. 3 (c).

Variants for designing the intaglio printing layer 24 are shown in FIG. FIG. 4 (a) shows a full-surface stitch loss layer 24 with a fine structure consisting of a high-resolution line pattern 42, 44. The main surface of the intaglio printing layer 24 is provided with a first X-ray pattern 42 in which the parallel lines have an angle of -45 ° with the horizontal reference direction. In subregions -46 which form information, here in each case the number "1", by their shape, the parallel lines of the second line pattern 44 enclose an angle of + 45 ° with the reference direction.

The information-containing subregions 46 and the dex oval circumference of the gravure printing layer 24 are each surrounded by a positive edge contour 48, that is to say a circumferential, dark edge line visible in the print image, which is shown in more detail in detail detail 50 shown in FIG. 4 (b). In the exemplary embodiment, the parallel lines of the line patterns 42, 44 have a line width b of 100 μm and a line spacing a of 120 μm. The line spacing a is defined as the distance between the same, for example, upper edges of adjacent lines. As explained below, line distances a that are smaller than the line distances Strengths are such that adjacent lines overlap. The cutting depth of the lines is in the exemplary embodiment about 50 microns.

FIG. 4 (c) shows a further variant of the intaglio printing layer 24, in which the infra-containing partial areas 46 are provided with a negative edge contour 52 in contrast to the embodiment of FIG. 4 (a). As can be seen in the detail cutout 54 of FIG. 4 (d), the negative edge contour 52 is a cutout visible in the printed image and running around the partial regions 46. Both the positive edge contour 48 of Figure 4 (a) and the negative edge contour 52 of Figure 4 (c) result in a lighter one. Er¬ recognizable information for the viewer.

Further, the intaglio printing layer 24 of FIG. 4 (c) has an inflector-containing recess 56, which corresponds to the recess 26 shown in FIG. 2. The view of the colored background layer 22, for example according to one of the variants of FIG. 3, is released through the recess 56.

Optionally, it is possible to provide additional engraving elements within the recess 56. These are preferably made so flat that the intaglio printing ink is translucent. For example, 56 intaglio printing elements in the form of the number "1" can be incorporated within the recess (not shown).

In the variant of FIG. 4 (e), the oval of the intaglio printing layer 24 is additionally surrounded by a circumferential Randbexeich 58, which is printed with a high Farbflächigeckung. For example, the line pattern: 60 of the edge region 58 may have the angular orientation of the partial regions 46 and be printed with a line width b of 100 μm and a line spacing a of 90 μm. Suitably, the background layer 22 and the Intaglio printing layer 24 is aligned with one another such that the edge of the undercoat layer 22 is covered by the peripheral edge region 58. Even passer fluctuations between lower layer 22 and lower layer pressure layer 24 are then hidden by the edge area for the viewer.

4 (e), but the line pattern 60 of the circumferential edge region 58 has a different angular orientation than the line patterns 42 and 44 of the main surface or the information-containing partial regions 46 aixf , In the exemplary embodiment, the angular orientation of the lines in the peripheral region 58 is, for example, 0 °. The partial regions 46 are seen as shown in FIG. 4 (a) with a positive edge contour.

The further variant of FIG. 4 (g) differs from the variant shown in FIG. 4 (e) merely by the particularly ready formation of the negative edge contour 52, which places a particular emphasis on the information-containing partial regions 46 ,

It is understood that each of the variants of the pressure sensitive layer 24 of FIG. 4 may be combined with each of the variants of the base sheet 22 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 shows, in (a) to (c), sections through the intaglio printing layer 24 for different ratios of line thickness b and linear distance a. The gravure printing layer does not have to be designed with a uniform ratio over the entire surface area, For example, the embodiments of FIGS. 5 (a) to (c) can each be present in different partial regions of the intaglio printing layer. In the embodiment of FIG. 5 (a), the line spacing a is only slightly larger than the line width b, for example, the line thickness is 100 μm and the line spacing is 110 μm. As a result, the intaglio printing ink is applied over the entire surface, but with significantly varying thickness. The lines are thus easily recognizable to the eye as such, but the surface is overall very dark. The color shift effect of the liquid crystal layer 30 clearly and clearly appears in the region above such a gravure printing layer.

FIG. 5 (b) shows an embodiment with a larger line spacing a, for example with a line spacing of 160 μm and a line thickness of 130 μm. In the interstices 62 without printing ink, the background layer 22 or the banknote substrate 20 not shown in FIG. 5 (b) is visible. The individual lines emerge even more clearly for the human eye, the overall impression of the area becomes brighter. The effect of the liquid crystal layer 30 is thereby weakened compared with the embodiment of FIG. 5 (a).

Finally, FIG. 5 (c) shows a region of an intaglio printing layer 24 in which the individual lines overlap, ie the line spacing a is smaller than the line width b. For example, the line spacing a at a line thickness b of 130 μm can be only 110 μm. The line thickness is determined for a non-overlapped line 64 (dashed line in Fig. 5 (c) eingezeich¬ net). This overlap achieves a very high and uniform surface coverage. Such an embodiment of the intaglio printing layer is particularly suitable for a circumferential edge region, such as the edge region 58 of FIG. 4, in which the underlying edge of the background layer 22 is to be concealed. FIG. 6 shows in (a) and (b) two more complex embodiments of the invention, the layers arranged one above the other being shown in an exploded view for clarity. The security element 70 of FIG. 6 (a) has a full-surface colored sub under layer 72, over which a stitch relief layer 74 is arranged. The intaglio printing layer 74 contains a fine structure of parallel lines of different angular orientation, which form information-containing partial regions 76 in the form of the numerical sequence "10." The partial regions 76 are each surrounded by a negative edge contour.

The intaglio printing layer 74 further contains a recess 78 in the form of a graphic motif, in this case a zebra head, in which the colored underlying layer 72 is visible. In addition, the background layer 72 also appears in the spaces between the parallel lines of the intaglio printing layer 74.

The circumferential edge region 80 of the intaglio printing layer 74 is printed with high area coverage, so that the edge of the background layer 72 below the edge region 80 is not recognizable to the observer.

Above the base layer 72 and intaglio printing layer 74, a liquid crystal layer 82 is applied, whose color-shift effect particularly appears in the non-recessed dark area of the intaglio printing layer 74. On the other hand, within the recess 78, the color impression of the undercoat layer 72 dominates. Outside the intaglio printing layer 78, the liquid crystal layer 82 lies directly over the light banknote paper, so that the color-shift effect of the liquid-crystal pigments is virtually undetectable there. FIG. 6 (b) shows a further embodiment of a security element 90 according to the invention, in which the colored background layer 92 is printed in the form of information, here in the form of a zebra head. In its fine structure, the gravure printing layer 94 also contains information, namely the numerical sequence "10." A full-surface-area liquid crystal layer 96 is again applied over both layers.

Since the intaglio printing layer 94 has no recess in this exemplary embodiment, the visual impression is darker than in the case of the intaglio printing layer 74 of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 6 (a). However, the color and shape of the zebra head 92 can be clearly seen through the spaces between the parallel lines of the intaglio printing layer 94.

Claims

Patent claims

1. Optically variable security element for securing Wertge¬ objects, which has at least one piece of information and arranged on the information, translucent, optically variable layer, characterized in that the information printed by a layer sequence with a colored background layer and on the background layer ten intaglio printing layer is formed.

2. Security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the background layer is a background printing layer.

3. Security element according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the intaglio printing layer is printed with a dark ink, in particular with black, violet, brown, dark blue or dark green color.

4. A security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 3, da¬ characterized in that the surface area covered by the intaglio printing layer includes the surface area covered by the colored background layer.

5. Security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 4, da¬ characterized in that the intaglio printing layer contains at least one recess whose shape forms an information.

6. Security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 5, da¬ characterized in that the intaglio printing layer of a fine structure having differently oriented parallel lines whose shape forms an information.

7. A security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 6, character- ized in that the lines of the fine structure have a line thickness b of 50 microns to 500 microns, preferably from 100 microns to 200 microns.

8. Security element according to claim 7, characterized in that the lines of the fine structure have a spacing of 0.8 * b to 1.6 * b, where b represents the line thickness of the lines.

9. Security element according to at least one of claims 6 to 8, da¬ characterized in that the lines of the fine structure has a cutting depth of

5 microns to 250 microns, preferably from 70 microns to 120 microns.

10. Security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 9, da¬ characterized in that the information of the intaglio printing layer is surrounded by a positive or negative edge contour.

11. The security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the intaglio printing layer has a peripheral edge region with high area coverage of the printing ink.

12. The security element according to claim 11, characterized in that the peripheral edge region of the intaglio printing layer covers the edge of the undercoat layer.

13. Security element according to claim 11 or 12, characterized gekennzeich¬ net, that the lines of the fine structure in the peripheral edge region a Distance from 0.8 * b to 1.0 * b, where b represents the line width of the lines.

14. The security element according to claim 1, wherein the intaglio printing layer contains machine-readable feature substances, in particular magnetic feature substances, infrared-absorbing or infrared-transparent feature substances, phosphorescent, fluorescent or other luminescent substances.

15. Security element according to at least one of claims 2 to 14, characterized in that the background printing layer is printed in a uniform color tone.

16. The security element according to at least one of claims 2 to 15, characterized in that the background printing layer is printed with a metallic color.

17. The security element according to claim 2, characterized in that the background printing layer contains machine-readable feature substances, in particular infrared-transparent feature substances, phosphorescent, fluorescent or other luminescent substances.

18. Security element according to at least one of claims 2 to 17, characterized in that the background printing layer at least one

Contains recess whose shape forms an information.

19. A security element according to at least one of claims 2 to 18, characterized in that the background printing layer is printed auf¬ structured and the shape of the structuring forms an information.

20. A security element according to at least one of claims 2 to 19, characterized in that both intaglio printing layer and Unter¬ grunddruckschicht contain information.

21. The security element according to claim 20, characterized in that the intaglio printing layer and the background printing layer contain mutually related or complementary information.

22. Security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 21, characterized in that the information is a picture motif, a portrait, a logo or an encoding, such as a bar code or an alphanumeric string.

23. A security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 22, characterized in that the optically variable layer contains optically variable pigments, interference layer pigments or pigments prepared on the basis of liquid-crystalline polymers.

24. A security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 23, characterized in that the optically variable layer has a Farbkipp- effect.

25. A security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 24, characterized in that the optically variable layer contains at least one recess whose shape forms a further information.

26. A security element according to claim 25, characterized in that the further information of the optically variable layer is based on the information of the intaglio printing layer and / or the background layer or die¬ se supplements.

27. The security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the surface area covered by the optically variable layer includes the area area covered by the intaglio printing layer.

28. The security element according to claim 27, characterized in that the security element has a light color in the surface area covered by the optically variable layer and uncovered by the intaglio printing layer.

29. A method for producing a security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 28, wherein

a colored background layer is applied to a substrate, preferably imprinted,

a stitch relief layer is printed over the background layer, the layer sequence consisting of background layer and intaglio layer having information, and

30. The method according to claim 29, characterized in that the intaglio printing layer is printed with a dark printing ink, in particular with black, violet, brown, dark blue or dark green color.

31. The method according to claim 29 or 30, characterized in that the intaglio printing layer is printed in a surface area covering the colored background layer.

32. The method according to at least one of claims 29 to 31, characterized in that the intaglio printing layer with at least one Ausspa¬ tion whose form forms an information is printed.

33. The method according to at least one of claims 29 to 32, characterized in that the intaglio printing layer is printed with a fine structure of differently oriented parallel lines whose shape forms an information.

34. The method according to at least one of claims 29 to 33, characterized in that the background layer is printed in a uniform color.

35. The method according to at least one of claims 29 to 34, characterized in that the background layer is printed with a metallic color.

36. The method according to at least one of claims 29 to 35, characterized in that the background layer with at least one Ausspa¬ tion whose form forms an information is printed.

37. Method according to claim 29, characterized in that the background layer is applied in a structured manner, wherein the shape of the structuring forms an information.

38. The method according to at least one of claims 29 to 37, characterized in that the background layer is printed by means of offset printing, indirect printing or screen printing.

39. The method according to at least one of claims 29 to 38, characterized in that the optically variable layer with at least one Aus¬ savings, whose [forms form a further information, is applied.

40. Method according to claim 29, characterized in that the optically variable layer is applied in a surface region covering the stamping relief layer.

41. The method according to at least one of claims 29 to 40, characterized in that the optically variable layer is printed auf¬ by screen printing.

42. valuable item, such as branded article, valuable document or the like, with a security element according to at least one of claims 1 to 41.

43. The object of value according to claim 42, characterized in that the information of the security element is related to an object applied to another item of value or supplements it.

44. The article of value according to claim 42 or 43, characterized in that the valuable article is a security paper, a document of value or a product packaging.