The text you provided is a dot symbol, which remains the same in both Spanish and English. Please provide a Spanish text for translation. The ECB plans new banknotes to prevent counterfeiting.
The text you provided is a dot symbol, which remains the same in both Spanish and English. Please provide a Spanish text for translation. The current security measures for banknotes are not sufficient.
The text you provided is a dot symbol, which remains the same in both Spanish and English. Please provide a Spanish text for translation. More than 500,000 counterfeit bills were removed from circulation in 2006.
The European Central Bank plans to replace the current banknotes with new ones that will enter circulation in 2013 in an attempt to put an end to the worrying situation. Counterfeiting of euro banknotes occurring in the EU, according to Consumer Eroski magazine.
For now, the ECB is conducting consultations among user groups to determine what are the best features that the new banknotes should have so that citizens can more easily detect when it comes to a counterfeit banknote.
The new bills will have the same values (5,10,20,50,100,200,500), will be the same colors and sizes, but will include new security measures. The old euros will gradually be withdrawn from circulation.
How to know if a banknote is fake?
Consumer summarizes the four features that euro banknotes have to determine if they are fake:
The text you provided is a dot symbol, which remains the same in both Spanish and English. Please provide a Spanish text for translation. Bill's value: On the left side, if you look at the bills against the light, they present discontinuous lines that form the number of their value.
The text you provided is a dot symbol, which remains the same in both Spanish and English. Please provide a Spanish text for translation. Security thread: Narrow and long strip. When held up to the light, the word euro and the value of the note appear.
The text you provided is a dot symbol, which remains the same in both Spanish and English. Please provide a Spanish text for translation. Watermark: A mark that can be observed by placing the banknote on a dark surface.
The text you provided is a dot symbol, which remains the same in both Spanish and English. Please provide a Spanish text for translation. Holographic patch that reveals the symbol of the euro along with the figure of the value.
More than half a million counterfeit tickets in 2006
According to data provided by the European Central Bank, in the second half of 2006, 265,000 counterfeit notes were withdrawn from the market, compared to 300,000 in the first half and 286,000 notes in the second half of 2005.
Of the counterfeit notes detected, 36% correspond to €20 bills, 31% to 50 dollar bills and 24% to 100 euro bills.
It is very beneficial to know all the security features of a Euro banknote and familiarize yourself as soon as possible. However, to protect your business from counterfeit notes, it is recommended to use a counterfeit detector that is certified by the Bank of Spain and the European Central Bank.
- This will avoid doubts about suspicious bills.
- It will give your customers total confidence that no counterfeit money circulates in your company.
