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Abstract

The invention concerns an optical security element and a process for the production of an optical security element in the form of a multilayer body having a projection element (8) in a first region of the security element for converting light transmitted through the optical security element in the first region by means of diffraction. The projection element (8) has a plurality of first zones (85) in which a first surface of a replication layer (82) has a first surface structure and an opaque metallic layer (85) is arranged on the first surface of the replication layer (82). It further has a plurality of transparent second zones (86) in which the first surface of the replication layer has a second surface structure (87) with an aspect ratio differing from the aspect ratio of the first surface structure and no opaque metallic layer is provided. The first zones (85) each have a smallest dimension of less than 20 .mu.m and the pattern formed from the first and second zones forms a diffractive optical system which diffracts the light transmitted through the second zones (86) to represent a first item of information.

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