Gardai warning over counterfeit €50 notes

Victor

Lenny

My da saw a few of them in work the other day, didn't accept them though, he said the quality was quite noticeable.

Victor

http://www.irlgov.ie/garda/angarda/press_story1.html

Warning re counterfeit Euro Banknotes
17th February 2002

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a number of cases of counterfeit €50 Banknotes being used in business premises in the City Centre area in recent days.

The counterfeit notes differ from the genuine €50 in a number of ways, including:

• There is no visible watermark when the note is held up to the light
• When the note is tilted there is no shifting image visible on the hologram foil patch
• The paper has a different 'feel' - the unique feel of the 'raised' print on the genuine note is absent from the counterfeit note

Overall the counterfeit could not be described as good quality.

Gardaí are asking traders to be vigilant and if in doubt to contact the Gardaí.

Note: Security features of the €50 note are detailed on the European Central Bank Euro website.

In particular ('cos the Guards didn't point to it):
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/recog/10euro.html
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/recog/20euro.html
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/recog/50euro.html

There is a story in today's Sunday Business Post suggesting that €10 and €20 notes are also being counterfeited. Euro forgery gangs fool up to 50 businesses

n.catenthusiast

those crooked guards probably counterfeited the notes themselves. they are corrupt to the bone, (probably)especially in donegal.
they stop young men and women having the occasional snifter of port, yet they let crack dealers supply to kids, and take bribes from bridgestone tyres(most likely with forged notes)(allegedly)

Stephen

What the hell are you smoking? Where can I get some?

It sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder.