Euro - new banknotes and new counterfeits

Banknote counters

It was January, the 1st 2002, as the Euro was introduced as the new currency in Europe. Since that time, the new money has attracted the interest of industrially-organized counterfeiters - due to its big sales area”. These bogus banknotes present an impressive quality; it is no longer possible to recognize them by hands or eyes. Usual devices like ultraviolet lamps are just able to detect a little part of the new counterfeits. Based on these facts it is getting more and more important to use professional banknote detectors: only electronic checking technologies like magnetism or infrared guarantee protection before phoney money. Thus, the new detectors offer absolute security in the everyday contact with cash.