Banknotes

Mattress cash is used to pay taxes

Money has been dug out from under mattresses to pay a large part of citizens' tax payments in the latter part of this year. This amount is estimated at around 5 billion euros and it is the figure by which the physical money circulating in the market has been reduced, as recorded by the Bank of Greece.

EUR 12 M in Counterfeit Bank Notes Found in Bulgarian Dam

Nearly EUR 12 M in counterfeit bank notes have been discovered near the village of Lenovo in Bulgaria during a specialised operation of the Prosecutor's Office, the State Agency for National Security (DANS) and the police.

This was announced at a press conference in Plovdiv attended by the Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov.

Businesses get informed on safety features of new 20-euro note

The European Central Bank (ECB) prepared for the launch of a new 20-euro banknote on November 25, 2015. To prepare for its launch 2.8 mln businesses are receiving information leaflets and motion cards so as to be informed about the “design and security features” of the new note. It can be easily checked manually using the feel-look-tilt method.

Collector owns Ottoman sultan's unseen banknote

Fifth emission 500 kuru?, which was printed by an Ottoman sultan in 1849 but has never been seen so far, was found with a collector in Ankara. 

The owner of the banknote, researcher and writer Necati Do?an, said the banknotes were launched for the first time in the Ottoman era in the period of Abdülmecit in 1840 with the name "Kaime-i Nakdiye-i Mütebere." 

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