Table 1.

Properties of Natural Fibres present in Banknotes.

Notes & Composition	Cotton Gossypium spp	Linen Linum usitatissimum	Mitsumata Edgeworthia papyrifera	Abaca Musa textilis
Chinese and UK notes	100%
USA notes	~75%	~25%
Japanese notes			~67%	~33%
Fibre length (mm)	10–40	9–70	2–4	2–12
Fibre width (μm)	12–38	5–40	4–20	15–40
Cellulose	74–98	64.1	50	60
Hemicellulose	1–11	17	20	21
Lignin	1–16	2	4	12

Adapted from: [19,20,21].