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A new EUR 20 bank note entered into circulation on Wednesday, the European Central Bank announced.

The new note is more resistant to counterfeiting and includes a new kind of security feature: a "portrait window" near the top of the hologram stripe, which becomes transparent when seen against the light.

Fifth emission 500 kuru?, which was printed by an Ottoman sultan in 1849 but has never been seen so far, was found with a collector in Ankara. 

The owner of the banknote, researcher and writer Necati Do?an, said the banknotes were launched for the first time in the Ottoman era in the period of Abdülmecit in 1840 with the name "Kaime-i Nakdiye-i Mütebere." 

Discover the new 20 banknote and its innovative new security feature, the portrait window, as of 25 November 2015. Hold the banknote against the light and you will see that the portrait window becomes transparent. 338 million Europeans – stronger together with the euro.

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Erik Nielsen, UniCredit SpA Chief Global Economist stated that the producion of new banknotes would not be an “easy task for a government that cannot organize a barbecue, frankly speaking,” during an interview on Bloomberg television on Friday. “I really don’t believe they have either the political or technical capability of starting their own currency.

A new type of counterfeit banknotes of BGN 2 (EUR 1) issue 2005 has been spotted, Bulgaria's central bank warned on Friday.

The holographic band, which is the basic security feature of a banknote most often checked in circulation, is fake with its optical effects resembling those of genuine banknotes to a great extent.

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Fortress Paper Ltd., a printer of banknotes, rose the most in two years as a website said the company may have a contract with the Greek government.

Fortress gained 22 percent to C$3.78 in Toronto trading. The shares have climbed 65 percent this month.

A 41-year-old man and his wife were sentenced to jail in Thessaloniki on Friday after being caught in possession of 675,000 dollars in forged banknotes.

The man received an 18-year sentence and his wife an eight-year term.

A third man was also handed eight years in jail.