Forgeries

• Mar-28-2023

  United States – Forgeries of 100 dollar notes of the 2006 Series are been passed in Europe.

    Excellent quality “Super dollar” forgeries of banknotes of 100 dollars of the 2006 Series have been passed in Barcelona...

• Jan-10-2023

  Iraq – Will current notes of 25,000 dinars be replaced by new ones of 20,000 dinars?

    Mustafa Ghaleb Makhaif, Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, confirmed on Sunday that there are 4 benefits for issuing...

• Dec-19-2022

  Trinidad and Tobago – Counterfeit polymer banknotes of 100 dollars.

  Trinidadian counterfeit polymer notes of 100 dollars (TTD100.5) are being found in alarming quantities. The forgeries are of excellent quality,...

• Jul-15-2022

  Cayman Islands – Forgery of 100 dollars notes.

  A small quantity of counterfeit 100 dollar Cayman banknotes (KYD100.4) were seized in June in Bodden Town. All bear the...

• Jul-10-2022

  Australia – Many counterfeit 50 and 100 dollars notes are being passed.

  Forged Australian notes of 50 dollars (AUD50.2) and 100 dollars (AUD100.2) of the first issue are being passed in Australia’s...

• Apr-26-2022

  Bahamas – Counterfeits notes of the “CRISP” Evolution family.

    The Central Bank of the Bahamas has issued advisories about counterfeit banknotes of 5o dollars (BSD50.5) and 100 dollars (BSD100.5) of...

• Mar-18-2022

  Myanmar – Is Russia involved in the printing of Burmese banknotes?

  Giesecke+Devrient has suspended in early 2021 the printing of Burmese banknotes in response of growing violence following the military coup...

• Feb-3-2022

  United States of America -Banknote forgeries.

  The newspaper IProfesional published in Buenos Aires, Argentina has published today a very informative article about U.S. dollar forgeries which...

• Jul-30-2021

  Cuba – Forgeries of 1,000 pesos banknotes.

     You saw it first here… It has been reported in social media that there are forged banknotes of 1,000...

• Aug-9-2020

  Brazil – Spurious notes of 200 reais.

  FORGERY – FALSO – COUNTREFAIT – FALSCH WORTHLESS – SIN VALOR – SANS VALEUR – WERTLOS    You saw it here...

• Jun-30-2020

  Romania – “World’s best forger” of polymer notes apprehended.

  Romanian authorities arrested members of a criminal network responsible for the counterfeiting of thousands of 100 lei polymer banknotes (RON100.1A). ...

• Mar-5-2020

  Saudi Arabia – On presenting counterfeit banknotes for exchange.

  New rules establish that if someone presents outmoded or unfit banknotes for redemption at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority. and...

• Feb-26-2019

  Zimbabwe – Forged 100 trillion notes.

                      GENUINE NOTE                  ...

• Feb-10-2019

  Congo Democratic Republic – No new banknotes.

  According to an article published by Media Congo in 14 November 2018, up to that time the new banknotes announced...

• Jan-10-2019

  Myanmar – Forgeries of 10,000 kyat notes.

  News about forged notes of 10,000 kyats (MMK10,000.1 and MMK10,000.2) have led many merchants in Myanmar to refuse them. Several people caught...

• Sep-25-2018

  Anti-Counterfeit & Currency Expo Las Vegas

  The Anti-Counterfeit & Currency Expo will take place in Las Vegas from 6 to 8 November 2018. It will have...

• Jun-7-2018

  Sudan

  The Central Bank of Sudan has issued yesterday a new banknote of 50 pounds (SDG50.3) to replace the current ones...

• Dec-12-2017

  United States of America, Korea (Rep. of)

  The South Korean publication Pulse reports the existence of “Super notes” of 100 U.S. dollars dated 2006 with a high...

• Nov-21-2017

  Paraguay

  Forgeries of banknotes of 20,000 guaraníes (PYG20,000.3) have been detected. While the quality is relatively good, the watermark is poor...

• Oct-27-2017

  Tunisia

  According to postings in the Tunisian social media there are forgeries of the 20 dinars banknote (TND20.4). All of them...