<PAGE>
Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 33-77970
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NUMBER 1
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 10, 1994)
944,538 Shares
American Banknote Corporation
(formerly named United States Banknote Corporation)
Common Stock
(Par value $0.01 per share)
----------------------------------------
As of July 1, 1995, the name of the corporation was changed to
American Banknote Corporation from United States Banknote Corporation.
----------------------------------------
The date of this Prospectus Supplement is August 30, 1995
NYFS03...:\15\78515\0015\1980\SUP8305L.380