| The European Central Bank said Wednesday that the EUR 50 and EUR 100 notes have been the most counterfeited in the first six months of this year. The ECB said the EUR 50 note accounted for half of the 265,000 counterfeit notes taken out of circulation between January and June. The EUR 100 note accounted for 20 percent of the total, while the EUR 20 note trailed in third place with 15 percent. The least popular forgeries were those of the smallest and biggest notes, the EUR 5 and EUR 500 bills, which each accounted for only 1 percent of the total counterfeits. |