SYSTEM OF ISSUING SECURE DOCUMENTS OF VARIOUS DENOMINATION

A system of issuing secure docments involving stages that may be substantially distinct both in time and space. A raw document is selected possessing a uniqueness characteristic which is sensed and coded on the document. Subsequently, the document is completed as with an individual designation of value, by providing a bar code in the area of the uniqueness characteristic which is related to an Arabic numeral designation. Apparatus processes such documents for creation and verification based on selective testing of the uniqueness characteristic and the designations.