Tag: notes

Coining it in

Post date April 16, 2012

Austrian hotel manager Rainer Ogrinigg is booked out after offering to allow guests to pay in Austrian Schillings and German Marks rather than Euros. Ogrinigg, who owns the Seehotel Grundlsee in Ausseerland in the Austrian lake district the Salzkammergut, confirmed it is now possible for guests to pay in German Marks. The offer was made […]

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Fewer forged Euro notes spotted in 2010

General News

Post date January 18, 2011

Fewer than 9,000 fake Euro banknotes were confiscated in Austria last year, helping the country to remain among the Eurozone members with the lowest forgery rate.The Austrian National Bank (OeNB) announced yesterday (Mon) that 8,812 forged Euro notes were discovered and banned last year, down from 9,780 in the previous year. It added that the […]

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