Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group

The CBCDG maintains a website designed to advise the public about national laws related to the reproduction of banknotes.

[1] The CBCDG was established by the G10 central banks in 2000, in order to counter the threat of computer-based banknote counterfeiting.

[2] In 2004, CBCDG announced the development of a "Counterfeit Deterrence System" (CDS) incorporating a technical means for the detection of banknotes.

[5] Some artists and professional graphic designers suggested that the CDS would make it more difficult for them to use Photoshop to produce images that used currency in lawful ways.

[8] As of 2022, Digimarc was still partnered with the CBCDG; the company announced that it had renewed an existing agreement with the group, which would now last through the end of 2029.