Value document, method for checking the presence of same and value document system

1. A value document having luminescent, particulate agglomerates which respectively include at least two different, luminescent, solid homogeneous phases emitting at a first and a second emission wavelength, respectively, wherein upon an evaluation of measurement values that are obtainable by a measurement of the first luminescence intensity at the first emission wavelength and of the second luminescence intensity at the second emission wavelength, said measurement being location-specific and carried out at different locations of the value document, a statistical correlation is present between the first luminescence intensities and the second luminescence intensities.

2. The value document according to claim 1 , wherein the luminescence intensities used for the evaluation are, respectively, corrected measurement values converted by means of an algorithm.

3. The value document according to claim 1 , wherein the agglomerates are chosen from the group consisting of core-shell particles, pigment agglomerates, encapsulated pigment agglomerates and pigments encased by nanopigments.

4. The value document according to claim 1 , wherein the particulate agglomerates have a grain size D99 in a range of 1 micrometer to 30 micrometers.

5. The value document according to claim 1 , wherein the particulate agglomerates have a grain size D50 in a range of 1 micrometer to 30 micrometers.

6. A method for checking the presence of a value document according to claim 1 which comprises the following steps:

a) exciting the luminescent substances to emission;

b) capturing measurement values in a location-resolved and wavelength-selective manner for the radiation emitted by the luminescent substances, there being produced for each of the first and the second emission wavelength measurement-value pairs involving emission wavelength and location, to thereby obtain first luminescence intensities at the first emission wavelength and second luminescence intensities at the second emission wavelength;

c) checking whether a statistical correlation is present between the first luminescence intensities and the second luminescence intensities.

7. A value-document system having at least first value documents and second value documents, wherein the first value documents are respectively chosen according to claim 1 and the first value documents are distinguishable from the second value documents by the statistical correlation of their luminescence intensities.

8. The value-document system according to claim 7 , wherein the second value documents have no statistical correlation.

9. The value-document system according to claim 7 having first value documents, second value documents, third value documents and fourth value documents, of which the third value documents and the fourth value documents are only optional, namely:

a) first value documents which respectively have a luminescent mixture consisting of luminescent, particulate agglomerates (A+B) and luminescent particles C, wherein

the particulate agglomerates (A+B) respectively include two different, luminescent, solid homogeneous phases A and B emitting at a first and a second emission wavelength, respectively, and the luminescent particles C respectively consist of a solid homogeneous phase C emitting at a third emission wavelength, and

upon an evaluation of measurement values that are obtainable by a measurement of the first luminescence intensity at the first emission wavelength, of the second luminescence intensity at the second emission wavelength and of the third luminescence intensity at the third emission wavelength, said measurement being location-specific and carried out at different locations of an individual value document, a statistical correlation is present only between the first luminescence intensities and the second luminescence intensities;

b) second value documents which respectively have a luminescent mixture consisting of luminescent, particulate agglomerates (B+C) and luminescent particles A, wherein

the particulate agglomerates (B+C) respectively include the two different, luminescent, solid homogeneous phases B and C emitting at the second and the third emission wavelength, respectively, and the luminescent particles A respectively consist of the solid homogeneous phase A emitting at the first emission wavelength, and

upon an evaluation of measurement values that are obtainable by a measurement of the first luminescence intensity at the first emission wavelength, of the second luminescence intensity at the second emission wavelength and of the third luminescence intensity at the third emission wavelength, said measurement being location-specific and carried out at different locations of an individual value document, a statistical correlation is present only between the second luminescence intensities and the third luminescence intensities;

optionally c) third value documents which respectively have a luminescent mixture consisting of luminescent, particulate agglomerates (A+C) and luminescent particles B, wherein

the particulate agglomerates (A+C) respectively include the two different, luminescent, solid homogeneous phases A and C emitting at the first and the third emission wavelength, respectively, and the luminescent particles B respectively consist of the solid homogeneous phase B emitting at the second emission wavelength, and

upon an evaluation of measurement values that are obtainable by a measurement of the first luminescence intensity at the first emission wavelength, of the second luminescence intensity at the second emission wavelength and of the third luminescence intensity at the third emission wavelength, said measurement being location-specific and carried out at different locations of an individual value document, a statistical correlation is present only between the first luminescence intensities and the third luminescence intensities; and

optionally d) fourth value documents which respectively have luminescent, particulate agglomerates (A+B+C), wherein

the particulate agglomerates (A+B+C) respectively include the three different, luminescent, solid homogeneous phases A, B and C emitting at the first and the second and the third emission wavelength, respectively, and

upon an evaluation of measurement values that are obtainable by a measurement of the first luminescence intensity at the first emission wavelength, of the second luminescence intensity at the second emission wavelength and of the third luminescence intensity at the third emission wavelength, said measurement being location-specific and carried out at different locations of an individual value document, a statistical correlation is present between the first luminescence intensities, the second luminescence intensities and the third luminescence intensities.