Fact check about a 50 euro note that has little 10 euro brothers.
Note: Since the publisher had already threatened to take legal action against any labeling of this banknote in connection with “insult, slander or contempt,” we will definitely NOT describe this note as a fake. We will simply carry out a non-judgmental fact check on an objective basis.
The following will be about this banknote, which carries a certain message. A photo of this banknote was published on June 22, 2018. According to the status report, the note came directly from a savings bank machine :

We contacted the Sparkasse's social media team about this and asked for an initial assessment. After consulting with our own umbrella organization, we were informed that the notes are generally checked before they are issued and that it should generally not be possible for a note with such extensive writing on it to end up in a machine.
Here is also a description of how the notes get into the machine: https://www.sparkasse.de . According to the Sparkasse, human error or even intent can almost be ruled out.
Here's how it works: First, the money you need is ordered from the Bundesbank. Software in the machine knows how many notes are still in stock.
The savings bank also informed us that you can exchange smeared banknotes at your savings bank or at the Bundesbank (intentional damage excluded). It is not forbidden to paint money, but it can result in the note becoming invalid. There is also a note about this on the Sparkasse website .
But there can be difficulties when paying. Because painted money is considered damaged and no one is obliged to accept it.
According to the Sparkasse, the probability of getting such a 50 euro note from a Sparkasse ATM is correspondingly low.
By the way: There is a screenshot on Facebook from a private message via Messenger with the Sparkasse. This screenshot is known to the Sparkasse's social media team and was distributed by the person who wrote to the Sparkasse. The statement is not fundamentally wrong, it is just not an official statement .
The tens…
What if this 50 is not an isolated case? In addition to the recently released 50, there has also been a 10 € note released for a long time that has the same sentence in a very similar spelling. The spelling, typeface and even the alignment of the words are identical. This €10 note was published on Instagram March 1st, 2018
There are a good 4 months between the two publications.
However, this 10 € note is not an only child, but has a twin who is also identical in spelling, typeface and orientation of the words. What is striking about all three versions is the exact similarities; one could almost assume that they were handwritten copies.
What's unusual about this is the very square letters, which at first might suggest that someone here isn't particularly familiar with letters. The many, but always identical, spelling mistakes lead to the same conclusion, but if you take this idea further, then a problem arises at this point: Anyone who learns the alphabet should never learn square letters!
Neither on a screen, nor in a German course or in a school. Square letters are more than atypical:
The consistent omission of the letter C is also interesting, which in turn suggests that the person writing must be able to know the places with the C. Because the omissions occur in places with different spellings, sometimes with ck, dan ch, but also sh.
A comment from a user on Facebook in the comments:
We recognize incorrect spelling and grammar as well as unusual letter spelling on the notes. Both complement each other and reinforce the impression that this was written by someone who only has a very rudimentary knowledge of the German written language.
– The font clearly does not correspond to any standard German font, especially not one that is taught in class or in corresponding courses. Even laypeople know the correct German script and teach it to strangers using their rounded letter sheets. The probability that the person who wrote these letters only recently learned them is therefore at least doubtful.
– It is also noticeable that almost all of the round sections of the letters in a standard German font have been replaced by straight lines. This requires at least an understanding of where round sections can be found in German writing. In other words, whoever wrote that can probably spell the German graphemes correctly.
– Particularly striking is the “e”, which was written with both round arches and square sections. If the person has only learned the e in square form, why should he write it (especially in the second word) with rounded curves (editor's note: note the word “sheise”) ? The same can be found with “a”.
– What is also noticeable is the fairly frequent (not exclusively incorrect) capitalization of words. The capitalization of nouns is a special feature of German spelling, which is rarely observed (especially) by language beginners, especially from other linguistic cultures. It is therefore remarkable that so many words were capitalized!
– It is therefore at least likely that someone deliberately changed his writing. Why should he do that? It is not to be expected that anyone should recognize the writing after the note has been put back into circulation from the author's property. So the writing will probably not have been altered for reasons of anonymity. This at least gives rise to the suspicion that someone has distorted the font in order to deliberately incorporate errors into the spelling and thus give the impression that the author does not know how to write letters correctly.
What we have now:
There are three different banknotes (see serial numbers), all of which contain the same message with very similar, almost identical lettering and spelling errors, as well as a font and spelling that is unfamiliar to practice.
The theory is that this note comes from a savings bank machine. This is probably possible with a certain degree of probability, but in this context it is very interesting that it is a note that has equally famous counterparts and was placed directly in the hands of an AfD politician.
The publisher's Facebook page is now no longer accessible on Facebook. For what reasons is uncertain, it remains unclear whether she herself temporarily deactivated this page or whether there was content that was deleted due to reports and thus the page was temporarily deactivated.
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