We all now that we should watch our valuables in busy tourist areas, e.g. Amsterdam. But this is different and rather shocking. Brittle Euro notes have appeared in Germany. Apparently the notes literally fall into pieces while using them. The German Bundesbank denies that they are forgeries but claims that they must have come into contact with an acid.
I just try to imagine the day we have to pay our rent. Thanks to the great bank system and/or strange landlords we have to pay it in cash. So once every month we'd walk with well over £1,000 to the property agent. As you can imagine this already is quite a pile of notes. Now multiply this by say 20 and imagine the face of the agent when you put the crumbs on the table...
I have to say this is the first time I'm really happy that the UK have not (yet?) joined the EU monetary union. They have found 1,500 notes so far. Good luck guys!
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