A total of 1,640,000 counterfeit Bank of England banknotes were removed from circulation globally between 2002-05 with a total value of £28,695,000. Comprehensive data are not available for the provenance of the counterfeit notes. Data are not available for the number of counterfeits of sterling notes issued by those commercial banks permitted to issue notes in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Between 2002 and June 2006 a total of 2,182,800 counterfeit euro banknotes with a total value of £117,487,191 euros were removed from circulation globally. These data are not broken down by member state. Comprehensive data are not available for the provenance of the counterfeit notes.
The following tables give a breakdown by denomination and value for the above totals.
€5 €10 €20 €50 €100 €200 €500 Total Number of notes 2002 1,039 3,108 14,845 136,133 10,307 1,525 161 167,118 2003 3,209 5,335 149,518 314,846 54,575 14,026 950 542,459 2004 6,128 22,305 155,551 271,681 114,183 20,369 4,006 594,223 2005 5,790 34,740 126,960 341,820 40,670 20,370 8,650 579,000 20061 3,000 12,000 132,000 108,000 36,000 6,000 3,000 300,000 Value 2002 5,195 31,080 296,900 6,806,650 1,030,700 305,000 80,500 8,556,025 2003 16,045 53,350 2,990,360 15,742,300 5,457,500 2,805,200 475,000 27,539,755 2004 30,640 223,050 3,111,020 13,584,050 11,418,300 4,073,800 2,003,000 34,443,860 2005 28,950 347,400 2,539,200 17,091,000 4,067,000 4,074,000 4,325,000 32,472,550 20061 15,000 120,000 2,640,000 5,400,000 3,600,000 1,200,000 1,500,000 14,475,000 1 First six months.
£5 £10 £20 £50 Total Number of notes 2002 105,000 142,000 185,000 7,000 439,000 2003 56,000 36,000 268,000 6,000 366,000 2004 20,000 17,000 287,000 6,000 330,000 2005 6,000 7,000 487,000 5,000 505,000 Value 2002 525,000 1,420,000 3,700,000 350,000 5,995,000 2003 280,000 360,000 5,360,000 300,000 6,300,000 2004 100,000 170,000 5,740,000 300,000 6,310,000 2005 30,000 70,000 9,740,000 250,000 10,090,000 1 These figures only relate to counterfeit Bank of England banknotes.