
#Most valuable bank note series
On, the ECB Governing Council decided that the €500 banknote will be excluded from the Europa series and the issuance of this denomination will be stopped around the end of 2018.Įuro area NCBs will provide their customers until and including 26 January 2019 with €500 banknotes. ECB Ends Production and Issuance of €500 BanknoteĮCB has decided to discontinue production and issuance of €500 banknote. The second series of euro banknotes takes its name from Europa, a figure from Greek mythology, whose portrait can be seen in both the watermark and the hologram of the new banknotes.įind out more about the enhanced security features by watching this YouTube video.

The Europa series €50 banknote came into circulation on 4 April 2017. Read more about banknote security features. The Europa series retains the main picture elements and colour scheme used in the first series of euro banknotes, while the "Ages and styles" theme showing architectural styles from different periods of Europe's cultural history has been modified slightly. The Europa series banknotes have several new and enhanced security features as well as a fresh look. The €100 and €200 banknotes are the last two denominations of the Europa series of euro banknotes. The new €100 and €200 banknotes will enter circulation together across the euro area on.
#Most valuable bank note archive

