Romania’s National Bank (BNR) found almost 4,500 forged Romanian banknotes last year, up 70% over the previous year. The most counterfeited banknote was the RON 100 one, with 2,976 pieces, according to the annual report for 2015 published by BNR.

Of the total number of counterfeits, 100 were seized by police during controls, before entering the market. However, over 4,300 fakes were found while in circulation, up 82% over 2014.

The RON 10 banknote ranked second for the number of counterfeited items found, followed by the RON 50 banknote, with 678 fakes.

The number of false banknotes against one million real banknotes reached 3.7 units, compared to 2.4 units in 2014.

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