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The full design of the Europa series 50 euro note was revealed on 5 July 2016 [97] and the new 50 note was released on 4 April 2017. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] The full design of the Europa series 100 euro banknote and 200 euro banknote was revealed on 17 September 2018 and the new notes entered circulation on 28 May 2019 [ 100 ] therefore "will complete ...
The fifty euro note is the fourth smallest note, measuring 140 millimetres (5.5 in) × 77 millimetres (3.0 in), with an orange colour scheme. [2] Each euro banknote depicts bridges and arches/doorways in a different historical European style; the €50 note shows the Renaissance era (15th and 16th centuries). [ 2 ]
In 2003, 551,287 fake euro notes and 26,191 bogus euro coins were removed from EU circulation. In 2004, French police seized fake €10 and €20 notes worth a total of around €1.8 million from two laboratories and estimated that 145,000 notes had already entered circulation. [citation needed]
A forger suspected of printing 11 million euros' ($12 million) worth of fake bank notes was arrested in the Italian city of Naples last week, European police body Europol said on Monday. Europol ...
The manager of a state-owned Pristina parking company, Sokol Havolli, said he was receiving so many fake 2-euro coins, up to 150 euros ($160) worth per day, that he refused to accept the coin ...
On the front of former Bank of England Elgar £20 notes, they appear as green heads of musical notes; however, on the Smith £20 notes of 2007 the circles merely cluster around the "£20" text. On some U.S. bills , they appear as the digit zero in small, yellow numbers matching the value of the note.
A counterfeit banknote detection pen, used to detect fake banknotes. A counterfeit banknote detection pen is a pen used to apply an iodine-based ink to banknotes in an attempt to determine their authenticity. The ink reacts with starch in wood-based paper to create a black or blue mark but the paper in a real bill contains no starch, so the pen ...
Optically variable ink (OVI) also called color shifting ink is an anti-counterfeiting measure used on many major modern banknotes, as well as on other official documents (professional licenses, for example). The ink displays two distinct colors depending on the angle the bill is viewed at.