The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on Friday shared with the public the features of the original banknotes in order to differentiate them from fake ones
Recall that a few days after CBN released the redesigned naira notes in the denominations of N200, N500 and N1,000, fake copies of the new notes were released into the market.
Frank Talk Now had earlier reported that the CBN Director of the Currency Operations Department, Ahmed Bello Umar, promised Nigerians that the new notes will be difficult to create counterfeit.
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He said:
“A lot was put into the redesign, especially on security features, the ink the paper the lines all were carefully done with advance features that will be difficult for any one to counterfeit.
See tweet:
Public Security Features of the new N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes. pic.twitter.com/SWAjAEnSFu
— Central Bank of Nigeria (@cenbank) December 23, 2022