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If you handle cash on a professional basis, you need to be able to tell the difference between genuine and suspect banknotes, and to know what to do with damaged banknotes. Find out more below.
Euro banknotes have to be genuine and of high quality if people are to have confidence in them. The national central banks therefore check all euro banknotes to ensure that they are authentic and not damaged or dirty before re-issuing them.
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The euro is the sole currency in 17 EU countries, so over 300 million people need to be able to trust euro banknotes. The first series of banknotes already contained easy-to-check security features, and these have been further enhanced in the Europa series.
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Various security features have been incorporated into all euro banknotes to protect them against counterfeiting. It is very easy to check a euro banknote of either series by using the simple FEEL, LOOK and TILT method.
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