EURO BANKNOTES
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank has released guidelines on how printers can stay within the law when reproducing Euro banknotes, whether as a specimen or as part of a design. The rules, said a bank memorandum: "grant adequate protection to euro banknotes and avoid reproductions being confused with genuine banknotes." Lawful reproductions would include:*One-sided copies which are at least 125 per cent or smaller than 75 per cent of length or width than real notes. Two sided repros must be at least 200 per cent bigger or 50 per cent smaller.*Similarly ...
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