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Re:German banks are hoarding so many euros they need more va... by wolfgke on Monday February 03, 2020 @06:47PM (#22230688)
> It would take a bit of time and research before I felt confident enough at identifying these bills to accept them in a trade.

If such bills were in common use, nearly everybody would know and be aware of the usual security features. So, this is only a problem because such large bills are so rare.

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Re:German banks are hoarding so many euros they need more va... by munk-a on Monday February 03, 2020 @07:35PM (#22231043)
Except that such bills don't see a naturally high amount of use - it's still legal to use them for a bunch of purposes, they're just inconvenient for nearly all uses... Your statement applies better to not-currently circulating modest denominations, like two dollar bills.
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