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Some 460,000 counterfeit euro banknotes had been withdrawn from flow in 2020 (220,000 within the second 1/2 of the 12 months), a lower of 17.7% when in comparison with 2019. €20 and €50 notes persisted to be the maximum counterfeited banknotes, mutually accounting for about thirds of the entire. 94.five% of counterfeits had been determined in euro area nations, even as 2.eight% have been observed in non-euro location european Member States and a couple of.7% in other components of the world. The probability of receiving a counterfeit is very small, because the wide variety of counterfeits stays very low compared to the over 25 billion euro banknotes in circulation. In 2020, 17 counterfeits have been detected per 1 million actual banknotes in movement, a traditionally low degree (see the chart under). Low-best reproductions are constantly withdrawn from circulation. All are clean to hit upon as they have no protection capabilities, or handiest very terrible imitations of them. Ever be