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ZEUS
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Forged Euro Bank Notes

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On 22.1. the European Central Bank published figures showing that 311,925 counterfeit euro banknotes were removed from circulation in the second half of last year - a 30% increase on the first half of last year.

Overall some nine billion (genuine) euro notes and 49 billion euro coins are in circulation.


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http://www.izv.info/economic/news71997#2
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Re: Forged Euro Bank Notes

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If only I could read some Russian... :x
Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are 'It might have been.' - Kurt Vonnegut
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Post by Annie_in_exile »

Hihi, they had a heading called Хорошие новости, which means "good news". :D How convenient, if you don't want to read about the wars and diseases and other catastrophies around the world.
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Re: Forged Euro Bank Notes

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Why not point the the original news at www.ecb.int and (for coins) to the EU Commission - all these and the German Bundesbank message can be found on my unquotable homepage ...
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