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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9110

17 January 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/euro
Number of counterfeit notes remains stable in second half of 2005, but number of counterfeit coins on increase

Brussels, 16/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - Last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) revealed that a total of 286,000 counterfeit notes were removed from circulation in the second half of 2005, a figure in line with six-monthly averages over the last three years. There are 10.4 billion notes in circulation. The 50 euro note, with 56% of the total forgeries, remains the main counterfeit denomination, followed by the 20 euro note, which has risen to 28% of total forgeries. Then comes the 10 euro...

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