Hi,
I recently found I had a counterfeit €20 when I tried to use it to pay at a self service in a supermarket. One of the managers tested it and told me it was a dud. I brought it to the local bank and the official just took it from me, said I had no comeback, and that was it.
Both the supermarket staff and bank official were polite, sympathetic, no issue there. However this also happened to me years ago when I was lodging takings and a fake €5 was found, on that occasion I had to make a report in the bank, sign it, and received a receipt.
Anyway just a heads up that there are dodgy €20s around and you lose your money if you don't notice it.
Interestingly, according to the bank at the time, the fake €5 was considered rare as forgers don't bother with small denomination notes.
I recently found I had a counterfeit €20 when I tried to use it to pay at a self service in a supermarket. One of the managers tested it and told me it was a dud. I brought it to the local bank and the official just took it from me, said I had no comeback, and that was it.
Both the supermarket staff and bank official were polite, sympathetic, no issue there. However this also happened to me years ago when I was lodging takings and a fake €5 was found, on that occasion I had to make a report in the bank, sign it, and received a receipt.
Anyway just a heads up that there are dodgy €20s around and you lose your money if you don't notice it.
Interestingly, according to the bank at the time, the fake €5 was considered rare as forgers don't bother with small denomination notes.