The lab contains 3D microscopes, ultra-sensitive scales and special devices designed to detect the safety features embedded in genuine euro banknotes – and spot the forgeries.
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On the 23rd floor of the European Central Bank's towering Frankfurt headquarters, on the other side of a security door, anti-counterfeiting experts are poring over some of the best fake banknotes in the eurozone. The room, off limits to outsiders, at first glance recalls a high school science lab an unusually well-equipped one. Lined up on the workbenches are 3D
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On the 23rd floor of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) towering Frankfurt headquarters, on the other side of a security door, anti-counterfeiting experts are poring over some of the best fake banknotes in the eurozone.
The room, off limits to outsiders, at first glance recalls a high-school science lab an unusually well-equipped one.
Lined up on the workbenches are 3D microscopes, ultra-sensitive scales and special devices designed to detect about a dozen of the safety features embedded in genuine euro banknotes and spot the forgeries.
The analysis done by the handful of specialists in the room helps the ECB keep up