In Ukraine, they began to earn much less hryvnia, but dollars and euros are more willing to earn money than all other money. What kind of banknotes do counterfeiters like, told the NBU.

On the forgery of the national currency.

Thus, the level of counterfeiting of banknotes of the national currency according to the results of 2022 decreased by more than three times..

This is evidenced by the monitoring of the state of withdrawal of banknotes of the national currency in Ukraine for 2022. At the end of last year, for 1 million. real hryvnia banknotes accounted for about 2.2 counterfeit banknotes (according to the results of 2021 - about 7.1 banknotes).

For comparison: according to the information of the European Central Bank, this indicator in the countries of the European Union in 2022 was almost six times higher and amounted to approximately 13 euro banknotes (at the end of 2021 - 12 banknotes).

Most often, in 2022, old-style banknotes were moonlighted, in particular, the majority (92%) of counterfeit banknotes withdrawn from circulation accounted for banknotes of three denominations:.

UAH 500 (39% of the total number of seized fakes and 57% of their total amount);

200 UAH (45% and 26% respectively);

100 UAH (8% and 2% respectively).

The remaining counterfeit banknotes with denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 1000 UAH withdrawn from circulation accounted for only 8%.

As a result, according to the results of monitoring 2022, counterfeits of hryvnia banknotes of a new type account for only 11% of the total number of counterfeits seized in the banking system of Ukraine.. Accordingly, for 1 million real hryvnia banknotes of a new sample, the number of counterfeit banknotes was only 0.2 banknotes..

According to the National Bank, this is because the banknotes of the national currency of the new generation (with denominations of 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 hryvnias, which the National Bank put into circulation in 2015-2020), have an enhanced security system. In particular, to protect banknotes of high denominations, which attackers most often try to counterfeit, innovative optical interchangeable security elements are used, which are easy for citizens to check, and very difficult for attackers to reproduce..

About counterfeiting foreign currency.

Among the counterfeit foreign currency banknotes withdrawn from circulation in 2022, the following prevailed:.

US dollars (91% of the total amount of all seized counterfeit foreign currency banknotes);

euro (8%).

More often, attackers counterfeited foreign banknotes of such denominations:.

50 and 100 US dollars (23% and 76% of the total counterfeit US dollars seized respectively);

50 and 100 euros (26% and 28% of the total counterfeit euro seized).

How to check the authenticity of hryvnia banknotes.

Mostly, the counterfeit banknotes of the national currency withdrawn from circulation were of poor quality and were designed for the inattention of citizens and cashiers of trade establishments.. Knowledge of the security elements of hryvnia banknotes and their verification during settlements guarantee minimization of risks of receiving fakes.

The security elements available on hryvnia banknotes make it possible to reliably detect counterfeit banknotes during their careful visual and tactile control without the use of special equipment.

So, the authenticity of a banknote is checked as follows:.

1) the banknote paper and the relief of individual images on the front side of the banknote are checked by touch, which is ensured by a special type of printing;

2) Against the light visually checked:.

the presence of watermarks (multi-tone watermark - an image of a portrait that repeats the portrait printed on the front side of the banknote, and a light element of the watermark - an image of a digital designation of the denomination or graphic symbol of the national currency of Ukraine - the hryvnia);

the presence of a through element (composite image) - a fragmentary image of the digital designation of the denomination, made on the front and back sides, acquires a holistic view without breaks and displacements when considering the banknote against the light;

the presence of a protective tape completely immersed in the thickness of the paper, on which, with the help of a magnifying glass, when examining a banknote against the light, you can see in a direct and inverted form the image of the digital designation of the denomination, the inscription UAH and the image of the small State Emblem of Ukraine (trident);

3) by changing the angle of the banknote, visually check:.

images made with optically interchangeable inks that change color when viewing a banknote from different angles of view (on banknotes of medium and high denominations of the sample of 2003-2007 and new banknotes of 20, 50 hryvnias of the sample of 2018 and 2019, respectively) and have a kinetic effect (;

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latent image of the digital designation of the denomination, visible when considering the banknote at eye level against the light at an acute angle (dark on a light background when viewing the banknote from the long side, light and dark background - from the short side).

What to do in case of doubts about the authenticity of money.

In case of doubts about the authenticity and solvency of hryvnia and foreign currency banknotes, citizens can apply to banks that transfer these banknotes for research to the National Bank of Ukraine.

According to the results of such studies, carried out free of charge, customers are reimbursed for the corresponding amount of banknotes of the national currency recognized as valid and payment. Banknotes of foreign currency, recognized as authentic, are returned to the owner.

Counterfeit banknotes are confiscated without reimbursement of their value. The National Bank informs the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine about their seizure, all counterfeit banknotes are transferred to authorized employees for investigations in the prescribed manner.

Recall that detailed information about the descriptions of all banknotes of the national currency in circulation and their security features is available on the official website of the National Bank.