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Recognizing the Euro -
Security Features
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 The Euro |
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Banknotes
Various security features have been incorporated into
the euro banknotes. They will help you to recognise a genuine banknote at
a glance.
More:
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/recog.html
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Feel the “raised” print – the
special printing processes give banknotes their unique feel. |
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Look at the banknote and hold it up to the
light: the watermark, the security thread and the see-through
register will then be visible. All three features can be seen from
the front and the reverse side of genuine banknotes. |
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Tilt the banknote: on the front of the banknote,
you can see the shifting image on the hologram foil stripe (on the
low-value banknotes) or the hologram foil patch (on the high-value
banknotes). |
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Tilt the banknote: on the reverse side, if you
tilt the banknote, you can see the brilliance of the iridescent
stripe (on the low-value banknotes) or the colour-shifting ink (on
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Coins
The euro coins also were produced according to advanced
technical
specifications that make reproduction extremely difficult and easy to
detect.
Particular care has been taken to include unique security features on the
EUR1 and EUR2 coins.
The EUR1 and EUR2 coins are produced using sophisticated bi-metal
technology, which makes them difficult to counterfeit. You will find
lettering around the edge of the EUR2 coin. The euro coins incorporate the
safest machine-readable characteristics and will be used in vending
machines throughout the euro area, irrespective of the Member State which
issued them.
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