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The euro banknotes bear the signature of the President of the European Central Bank. [18] Wim Duisenberg was the first ECB president when the first euro banknotes and coins were issued until 2003. [18] Notes printed between November 2003 and March 2012 show the signature of Jean-Claude Trichet, the second President of the ECB. [18]
The euro was implemented on 1 January 1999, when it became the currency of over 300 million people in Europe. [12] For the first three years of its existence it was an invisible currency, only used in accountancy. euro cash was not introduced until 1 January 2002, when it replaced the national banknotes and coins of the countries in eurozone 12, such as the French franc and the Spanish peseta.
The twenty euro note (€20) is the third-lowest value euro banknote and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. [8] The note is used in the 25 countries (and Kosovo) that have it as their sole currency (with 24 legally adopting it), which countries have a total population of about 350 million currently. [9]
Euro banknotes of various denominations. The design for the euro banknotes has common designs on both sides. The design was created by the Austrian designer Robert Kalina. [43] Notes are issued in €500, €200, €100, €50, €20, €10, and €5. Each banknote has its own colour and is dedicated to an artistic period of European architecture.
The following table lists some banknotes on which the EURion constellation or Omron rings have been found. Current currencies for which all recent banknotes use the constellation are in bold and whose central banks are members of the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group are italicised.
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The five-hundred-euro note (€500) is the highest-value euro banknote; it was produced between the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002 until 2019. Since 27 April 2019, the banknote has no longer been issued by central banks in the euro area, but it continues to be legal tender and can be used as a means of payment.
This is a list of people on the banknotes of different countries. The customary design of banknotes in most countries is a portrait of a notable citizen (living and/or deceased) on the front (or obverse ) or on the back (or reverse ) of the banknotes, unless the subject is featured on both sides.