Cash professionals
Professional cash handlers include commercial banks, post offices and other organisations which sort cash and issue it to the public. Their work includes checking the banknotes and coins, and looking out for counterfeits.
Cash handling
The national central banks regularly test banknote equipment with a selection of the counterfeits most frequently seen in circulation. The ECB publishes a list of machines and devices that have passed the test in order to help cash handlers and retailers choose a device to support them in authenticating euro banknotes.
List of successfully tested banknote handling machinesList of successfully tested banknote authentication devicesTraining material
The ECB has developed some tools to help professional cash handlers. These tools describe the security features of the first and second series of euro banknotes and explain how the banknotes can be checked for authenticity.
e-learning course “Knowledge of banknotes”Information leaflets for cash handlersWhat to do with a suspect banknote