FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: protective element, particularly for banknotes and bank cards, has a substrate on which there is at least one opaque layer (2) and symbols and/or marks (3) are formed in regions of at least one opaque layer (2), containing, at least in the symbols and/or marks, one or more magnetic elements (4, 6) which are visible in at least transmitted light.
EFFECT: simple manufacture and verification of documents.
34 cl, 10 dwg
