It is important that we are able to deliver unbiased and correct information, decreasing the likelihood of exaggeration in the press and avoiding any public overreaction such as shopkeepers refusing to accept a specific denomination. Last but not least we support the developers, manufacturers and vendors of counterfeit detection devices by offering detection tests for their machines free of charge at our premises.
Contributing to the health of the financial system is, in a sense, encoded in the genes of central banks: one of the historical reasons for establishing a central bank was indeed to reinforce financial stability by having an institution that could act as a lender of last resort.