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In the Netherlands banknotes are issued by the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank / DNB). Minting and circulating euro coins is the responsibility of the Dutch Ministry of Finance. The notes and coins contain various security features to easily distinguish real from counterfeit money.
Security features notes
- Thanks to a special printing process, the banknotes have a very distinctive feel.
- If you hold the notes up to the light, you see the watermark, the security thread and the see-through register. With authentic notes, these three features can be seen both on the front and back.
- On the front you can see the changing illustration in the foil hologram. The foil hologram is a stripe on banknotes up to 20 euros and a square on notes of 50 euros and more. If you tilt the note, you can see an iridescent stripe light up on notes up to 20 euros. With notes of 50 euros and more you can see the colour of the ink change.
More detailed information about how you can recognise an authentic euro note can be read on the website of DNB.
Security features coins
Euro coins are made to advanced technical specifications, so that forgery is very difficult and easy to detect. Special care is given to unique security features for the 1 and 2 euro coins. With the aid of advanced technologies, these coins are made of two different types of metal, which makes them very hard to forge. In addition, the 2 euro coin has an edge inscription. The euro currencies are provided with the safest machine-readable features and can be used without exception in all euro countries, irrespective of the member state where they were issued.
