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At a bank in the market, a 50,000 won bill, slightly larger than a regular bill, was found, and there was a commotion as to whether it was a counterfeit bill.

The Bank of Korea confirmed that it was genuine, but said that the size of the banknotes could change because of the corona hand sanitizer. 



This is UBC reporter Bae Yoon-ju. 



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When the banker puts a bundle of 50,000 won bills into the banknote counter, one sheet is filtered out. 



It was detected as a counterfeit bill, and it is the same even if I put it in another counter. 



At first glance, the bill looks bigger, but when you measure the difference, the width is about 3mm longer. 



The first person who noticed the oddity was a banker with 30 years of experience. 



[Chun Hyun-sook / Nonghyup Bank ○○ Branch Manager: I habitually set everything like this.

When I tied them together, I counted the money every day until now, but I never thought that it was wrong, about 0.3cm (it didn't fit.)] 



But the Bank of Korea's determination result was a real bill, 'pneumoconiosis' It was. 



Because banknotes are made of fiber, they can grow or shrink in size depending on temperature and humidity. 



In particular, it is explained that this has become more frequent as people use hand sanitizer a lot after the corona virus. 



[The Minting Corporation official: (Hand sanitizer) There are ingredients that contain glycerin to slightly retain moisture.

So it can be stretched a bit.

If it is stretched a lot, it may stretch up to about 5mm.

I may have wiped the banknotes (with hand sanitizer)...

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The banknote was returned to the bank where it was first discovered and circulated. 



In September of last year, a report was received that the 50,000 won bill received as a condolence money from Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do was mistaken for a counterfeit bill, saying it was smaller in size than regular bills. 



As bills of different sizes can be mistaken for counterfeit bills, it seems necessary to notify financial users of this fact or to collect and discard them by the Bank of Korea. 



(Video coverage: Lee Jong-ho UBC, CG: Song Jeong-geun UBC)