German has paid for cigarettes with non-existent denomination

May 7, 2013

Dulmen dweller has accidentally paid for cigarettes in tobacco shop with 30 euro bank note. It worth to mention that on European Union territory are in circulation only bank notes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euro.

Man and his wife have heard about this incident in local news edition after what German hurried to Police to explain from where this bank note is.

To police representatives man has told that he found this bank note when he was walking with his family on the beach. Man, understood of course that money is not real, however he took this 30 euro and decided to keep them as a souvenir. He put bank note in his wallet, and it seems that he forgot about finding and when he paid for cigarettes, he accidentally gave his finding.

Apparently, salesperson hasn't understood at first that this is unreal money, but when it was found out that the bank note is counterfeit, shop representatives have addressed to police.

Police is disposed to believe in man's explanations. At least as of yet against Dulmen dweller, police is not going to bring any charges. However, the files of the case will be directed to government attorney of administrative district Munster for further inspection.