(1) Watermark: Euro banknotes all adopt double watermarks, that is, the door and window pattern watermark and digital white watermark with the same denomination as the main scene pattern on all sides.
(2) Safety line: The EURO banknotes adopt a fully buried black safety line, and the safety line has the euro name (Euro) and denomination figures.
(3) Matching patterns: the irregular patterns in the upper left corner of the front and back of the euro banknotes are just complementary to form denomination figures, which are accurately docked without dislocation.
(4) Gravure printing: The denomination figures, door and window patterns, abbreviations of the European Central Bank, and Braille marks of 200 and 500 euros on the front of euro banknotes are all carved in gravure printing, which has obvious concave-convex feeling to the touch.
(5) Pearl ink printing pattern: 5 5. 10/0,20 euros, with one printed with pearl ink in the middle of the back, different colors can appear at different angles, and the euro symbol and denomination figures can be seen.
(6) Holographic logo: 5. 10, 20 euros with holographic film strips on the front and right, and bright euro symbols and denomination figures can be seen from different angles; 50, 100, 200,500 Euros, with a holographic film on the lower right corner of the front. You can see the bright main landscape pattern and denomination figures by changing the angle.
(7) optically variable denomination figures: 50, 100, 200, 500 euros. The denomination figures in the lower right corner of the back are printed with optically variable ink, and the banknotes are inclined at a certain angle, and the color changes from purple to olive green.
(8) Colorless fluorescent fibers: Under ultraviolet light, you can see that there are bright red, blue and green colorless fluorescent fibers in European paper.
(9) Color fluorescent printing pattern: under ultraviolet irradiation, the blue ink signed by the EU flag and the president of the European Central Bank turns green; 12 The star changes from yellow to orange; Maps and bridges on the surface turn yellow. (10) Gravure Microfilm: The front and back sides of euro notes are printed with microforms. Observing with a magnifying glass, the lines of the miniature on the real money are full and clear.
The euro 1. was issued on June 1 2002, becoming the only legal tender in the euro zone 12 member countries (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Finland, Portugal, Austria, the Netherlands and Luxembourg). Euro * * * has 7 kinds of banknotes and 8 kinds of coins.
2. The face characteristics of euro banknotes
Euro banknotes were designed by Robert Karina of Austrian Central Bank, with the theme of "European times and styles", describing the architectural styles of seven periods in Europe's long cultural history. Among them, it also contains a series of anti-counterfeiting features and representative features of 20 member States. In the front pattern of paper money, windows and arches symbolize the openness and cooperation in Europe. The five stars 12, representing the EU 12 member countries, symbolize the vitality and harmony of contemporary Europe.