Karlsruhe asks: This is how you recognize counterfeit money like a professional!

Karlsruhe asks: This is how you recognize counterfeit money like a professional!

In an insightful lecture in the Bundesbank branch in Karlsruhe, Sven Bertelmann, head of the National Analysis Center for Fallow money, gave valuable tips on how citizens can recognize fake money. Effire money causes economic damage of around 5.1 million euros annually - less than theft. Bertelmann presented three simple test methods: "Feeling, seeing, tipping". The materials and printing techniques of real euro bins make it easy for experienced hands to expose counterfeits.

real banknotes feel handy, have high -pressure features and special safety threads, which are often not implemented correctly in counterfeits. During the review, laypeople should make sure how the appearance behaves in light: watermarks and holograms are decisive features. Bertelmann emphasized that most counterfeiters cannot reproduce these details exactly. If you still come across a fake banknote, you should not pass it on because this can have legal consequences. Further information about the importance of correct handling of banknotes is in an article on bnn.de read.