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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9941

14 July 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/euro
Record rise in forged notes

Brussels, 13/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - According to a press release from the European Central Bank (ECB) on Monday 13 July, during the first half of 2009 a total of 413,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation. This is an increase of around 17% on the quantity recovered in the previous six months. The most counterfeited banknote was the €20, which accounted for 48.5% of all counterfeits withdrawn, notes of €50 accounted for 34% and €100 notes 13.5%. €5, €10,...

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