From tomorrow new banknote 20 euro “proof counterfeiters” – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

Economy

18:04 November 24, 2015

(AGI) – Rome, Nov. 24 – Come tomorrow in circulation the new banknote twenty euro that will replace ‘the old series so’ as already ‘happened in the past two years with cuts of five and ten. The new ticket and ‘was presented this afternoon by the director of the office in Cagliari Luigi Bettoni.

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“Over the years, increased counterfeiting own cuts more ‘low, “said Bettoni,” why you and’ decided to proceed with the replacement, a cut every year. ” In 2016 it will be ‘the time of the fifty euro and will proceed’ to follow up to 500. The new banknote, paper produced cotton fiber and non-wood as they did in the past, has characteristics specific anti counterfeiting and are three basic rules to recognize the bogus pieces, explained the employees of Bank of Italy: feel, look and move. Touch it you can ‘recognize intaglio printing which leaves the ink in relief, a very complicated mechanism to replicate what is done with very expensive machinery hardly in availability’ of counterfeiters. This system also has the dual function of being able to be identified by visually impaired persons. Another feature of the new banknote and ‘hologram stripe, Metallica and hot bonded that changes depending on the light.
Cosi’ as the figure of the cut, printed in color-changing.
Remains always also characterizes the watermark transparency in the white background of the note, with the image of Europe, this Phoenician princess in Greek mythology.
The standard transmission of the twenties euro was announced a year ago, “so as to allow the company ‘manufacturers of automatic update recognition software, “explained the director of the office of the Bank of Italy Cagliari. “With the new notes, which are added to those already ‘replaced the five ten Euros, significantly reduces the possibility’ of falsification”.
To sensitize citizens to pay more attention to the phenomenon of fake Bank D ‘ Italy is also promoting the activities ‘in schools, according to the Ministry of Education, in Cagliari were already’ involved 430 pupils, while in Sassari over 150. (AGI).

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