Growth of registered and seized counterfeit BGN 100 banknotes in the second quarter of the year reports the statistics of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), published on its website. Their number is 230.
For this period, a total of 397 counterfeit banknotes circulating in our country were registered and detained. 83 of them have a denomination of BGN 20, 74 - with a denomination of BGN 50, 10 - with a denomination of BGN 10.
According to the data at the end of July, there were 597,617,338 BGN banknotes in circulation in the country. Compared to the end of June, they increased by 1.2 percent (590,553,684).
The most banknotes in circulation were again those with a denomination of BGN 50 - 246,511,537 pieces, followed by the banknotes of BGN 100 - 139,045,351 pieces and those with a denomination of BGN 20 - 98,418,811 pieces.
At the end of July, the value of banknotes in circulation in BGN was BGN 29,168,696,605. Compared to the end of June, the increase was 1.41 percent (BGN 28,763,197,295).
At the end of 1999, there were 160,559,571 banknotes in circulation, BNB statistics show. At that time, the banknote with the largest denomination was the one of BGN 50, of which 20,074,488 were in circulation.
At the end of 1999, the banknotes with a nominal value of 1 BGN were distributed the most - 37,223,418 pieces. Banknotes of 1 BGN are not in circulation since January 1, 2016, but they continue to be exchanged at the cash desks of the BNB. The 100 BGN banknote has been in circulation since December 8, 2003.