How to Detect Counterfeit Money - Euro

Euro currency has many different UV features. Most of the illustrations on the bills are printed in UV reactive inks and will change color under ultraviolet light. The easiest way to check for counterfeit in Euros is the look for red, blue, and green glowing fibres in the paper.

Important Note: Taking photographs of ultraviolet light causes the UV light to appear as very bright blue and the fluorescence glow to be washed out. The Countercheck Photon UV-1 light produces light with a wavelength of 370 nm, resulting in a very faint white-purple light since almost all of the light produced is ultraviolet and outside the visible spectrum. This results in fluorescence features on bills glowing very brightly, even more so than under blacklight bulbs.

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