Official presentation Tuesday by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national banks of the euro area the new ticket € 20. For this new edition, the focus was on safety. After the notes of 5 and 10 euros, the 20 is the third in the series "Europe", supposedly more difficult to falsify.
If the ECB is closely monitoring the progress made in the field of printing and reproduction techniques, it also monitors changes in the number of seized counterfeits. His latest analysis showed that in 2014, the number of seized counterfeit euro banknotes had increased by 25% compared to 2013. The € 20 banknote is also the most counterfeited. It represents 60% of seized counterfeits, followed by the 50 euro note, 26% of counterfeit notes.
* Printed in "high security" tickets *
All banknotes are legal tender throughout the euro area.
The production of euro banknotes combines the efforts of the national central banks (NCBs) and the European Central Bank (ECB), but each country in the euro zone is a producer of some of the notes and coins. In total, more than fifteen "high security" printing in Europe produce banknotes. Some are private printing. In France, the ticket printing is carried out mainly in Auvergne in the Puy-de-Dôme (Auvergne region), near Clermont-Ferrand.
Throughout the manufacturing process, a common management system ensures uniform quality of euro banknotes. Hundreds of manual and automated tests are performed to ensure that the printing of these tickets is the same in all countries.
* The lift ticket 20 € *
In 2015, more than one and a half billion € 20 bills must be edited just by German domestic banks, French and Italian.
Like the first series of euro banknotes, tickets € 20 will be printed on 100% cotton paper. Cotton fiber is, indeed, much stronger than plain paper. Some security-related features such as the watermark, the security thread or foil (metallic strip) is literally embedded in the ticket.
* "Tetris® new ticket 20 euros" *
The € 20 banknote gradually come into circulation from the fall. Until then, it is possible that you familiarize yourself with this new addition to your wallet. And if you know the famous Tetris game, you will quickly understand , the online game launched by the ECB in February to prepare users to familiarize themselves with the new ticket. It lets you preview "some security features of the new cut," said the ECB, including the "portrait window." Some winners will receive a "commemorative gift" offered by the ECB or a new € 10 banknote "sealed in a clear acrylic block". The competition will close on 31 March 2015.
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