50-Euro Note Most Counterfeited
The European Central Bank’s latest report on euro note counterfeiting shows that “The 50-Euro was the most counterfeited banknote in the first half of 2007, accounting for around a half of the total counterfeits found in circulation.” Total number of fake euros found in the first half of 2007 was listed as 265,000, meaning fake 50-Euros seized numbered about 132,500 notes with a face value of 6,625,000 Euros. That’s $9,138,127.50 in today’s U.S. dollars. Actually, 265,000 out of about 11 billion notes in circulation isn’t bad.
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