Security Features and Counterfeiting Trends of Euro Banknotes and Coins

Autor: Samanta Šećer, Nevenka Škavić, Gordan Mršić
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Policija i sigurnost
Volume 21
Issue 4
ISSN: 1848-428X
1330-0229
Popis: U uvodnom dijelu rada prikazan je povijesni pregled – od začetka ideje uvođenja jedinstvene valute eurozone koja seže sve do sredine prošlog stoljeća, preko kreiranja izgleda novčanica i kovanica eura, pa do uvođenja eura koji danas predstavlja svakodnevicu za više od 300 mili-juna Europljana, pa i šire. "Euro je gotovo nemoguće krivotvoriti", moglo se pročitati u novinama početkom 2002. godi-ne. No unatoč visokoj razini zaštite originalnih novčanica eura, istodobno s uvođenjem eura pojavile su se i prve krivotvorine. Budući da se krivotvorenje novca u pravilu ne ograničava samo na zemlju izdavateljicu valute, ni Republika Hrvatska nije pošteđena krivotvorenih nov-čanica eura u optjecaju. Osim poznavanja zakonodavne regulative vezane uz zaštitu eura od krivotvorenja i mjerodavnih institucija, kako na nacionalnoj, tako i na europskoj razini, vrlo bitan aspekt učinkovitog otkrivanja krivotvorina predstavlja poznavanje zaštitnih obilježja o-riginalnog novca, odnosno razlikovanje originala od krivotvorina. Stoga su u radu detaljno opisana zaštitna obilježja eura, s naglaskom na zaštitne elemente novčanica eura, najčešći po-javni oblici krivotvorenja eura, kao i statistički pokazatelji vezani uz registrirane krivotvorine eura otkrivene na području Europske unije i u Republici Hrvatskoj.
In introduction an historical overview has been shown – from the initial idea of introducing a single currency in the Eurozone which dates back to the middle of the 20th century, over the creation of ban-knote designs, to the launch of the euros that are a part of everyday life for more then 300 million Eu-ropeans today, and even broader. "Euros nearly impossible to forge", could be read in newspaper headlines at the beginning of 2002. However, in spite of high-level of security features in euro banknotes, with the introduction of euros, the first counterfeits appeared simultaneously. As money counterfeiting usually does not limit itself only to the issuing country, Republic of Croatia also has not been refrained from counterfeited euro banknotes in circulation. Apart from being acquainted with legislative framework related to the protec-tion of euro against counterfeiting and relevant institutions at national and European level, a very im-portant aspect of efficient fight against counterfeiting represents knowledge of security features in the euros, i.e. distinction between original and counterfeited banknotes. Therefore, the article is describing in detail security features in the euros with a focus on euro banknotes, the most common ways of co-unterfeiting, as well as statistical trends related to registered euro counterfeits seized within the Euro-pean Union and the Republic of Croatia.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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