The new version10 is printed with the portrait watermark of the mythical figure Europa as a security mark. This portrait is taken from an antique vase with a history of more than two thousand years in southern Italy. In addition to the portrait of Europa, the new banknotes have other anti-counterfeiting marks. The face value figures printed on the front of the paper money will change from emerald to dark blue when viewed from the side, and the edges of the paper money are provided with raised ripples, which are printed with special materials and are slightly thicker than other parts. In fact, after the European Central Bank (ECB) issued a new version of Euro 5 banknotes in 20 13, one of the purposes of launching the new version of Euro 10 is to improve the service life of banknotes, facilitate people to withdraw or pay at ATMs and vending machines, and avoid the situation that banknotes cannot be recognized by old machines. 2002 edition
The theme of the first set of euro banknotes is "European architectural styles in different periods", which represents the evolution of European architecture in the past two thousand years. The portico or window painted with simple lines on the front of paper money symbolizes the core spirit of "openness and cooperation" in the European Union. The bridge on the back of the paper money symbolizes "communication between people in Europe and people in other parts of the world". In addition, the 12 star on paper money also represents "the vitality and harmony of contemporary Europe".
According to the principle of equality among EU member states, the design elements on euro banknotes do not represent any physical buildings. This relatively neutral choice embodies the same values of all countries to the maximum extent, and effectively avoids the disputes caused by the design of banknotes in the euro zone countries.
All banknotes are printed with the European Union flag, covering 1 1 abbreviation of "European Central Bank" (BCE, ECB, EZB, ε κ, EKP), map of Europe and "Euro" (Latin: Euro, Greek: ε).
The final design of this set of banknotes was selected from 44 works in a competition organized by the European Central Bank in February196. The design of Robert Karina of Austrian National Bank was announced as the winner at the European Council held in Dublin on February 3/96. Although Robert Karina initially used the existing bridges in Europe as his design elements, the drawings of bridges, doors and windows on all euro banknotes were based on the architectural styles of different historical periods. The different architectural styles displayed by different banknotes are listed in detail in the table below. What is the main color, architectural style, design and printing code of page size in 2002? 5 120 × 62 gray classical architecture 65438+left side of image edge since the 20th century? 10 127 × 67 red Romanesque building 1 1- 12 8 o'clock century star? 20 133 × 72 blue gothic architecture13-14th century 9 o'clock star? 50 140 × 77 orange renaissance building15-16th century image edge, right? 100 147 × 82 green baroque and rococo 17- 18 at 9 o'clock on the right side of the star? 200 153 × 82 tawny Art Nouveau architecture (glass and steel)19-above the starry sky at 7 o'clock in the 20th century? 500 160 × 82 purple modernist architecture 20-265438+9 o'clock in the 20th century, the back of the star euro note is painted with a map of Europe. Since the overseas territories of some European countries (such as French Guiana) also use the euro, the maps of these overseas territories are also drawn separately and placed in the lower left corner of the map of the European continent. After the enlargement of the European Union in 2004, Cyprus and Malta began to use the euro, but due to the map layout, their territories were not drawn in this set of euro banknotes.
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The signature of the president of the European Central Bank is printed on the front of the euro note. In 2002, the signature of the first president, win duisenberg, appeared on paper money and was later replaced by the signature of Jean-Claude Trichet. On March 20 12, the paper money signed by the current President Mario Delakis was issued.
safety measure
Euro banknotes include many complicated anti-counterfeiting measures, such as watermarks, infrared and ultraviolet inks, holographic images, micro-printing, etc. , to ensure the authenticity of banknotes. In order to let the public distinguish the authenticity of banknotes, the European Central Bank has made public some security measures. However, under the euro system, the central bank keeps the complete security measures of euro banknotes strictly confidential. Generally speaking, there are four ways to distinguish the authenticity of euro notes. The first three identification methods, namely "toucher, regarder, incliner" (French) promoted by the European Central Bank, can make ordinary people easily identify the authenticity of banknotes.
Hand feeling: paper-paper is treated with special materials to make it tough and fragile; Gravure printing-the main patterns on paper money, the large numbers representing face value and the abbreviations representing the European Central Bank are all printed in gravure printing, which feels concave and convex; Observation: Watermark-there is a watermark on the paper money, and the pattern includes the face value of the paper money and the windows of European buildings in different periods. Looking back at the light, the original blurred pattern becomes clearly visible; Safety line-looking at the light, you can find a magnetic black line in the middle of the paper money, and the transparent word "Euro" and its corresponding face value are printed in the middle of the black line; Make-up printing-looking at the light, you can see that the incomplete numbers in the upper left corner of the front and the upper right corner of the back of the banknote are combined into one, representing the face value of the banknote; Tilt: Holographic image-5 Euro, 10 Euro, 20 Euro banknotes have a holographic image band on the right side of the front. Tilt up and down repeatedly to see the face value of paper money, the European Union flag, the euro symbol and the word "euro"; There is a holographic image label on the right side of the front of the 50-500 euro banknote, which is printed with the face value of the banknote, the micro "euro" and the main pattern on the front of the banknote; Rainbow Band-On the back of the 5 euro, 10 euro and 20 euro notes, there is a rainbow band with the face value of the notes and the euro symbol printed on it; Optical color-changing ink-In the lower right corner of the back of the 50 euro to 500 euro notes, you can see the face value numbers printed with optical color-changing ink by repeatedly tilting up and down. Other measures: infrared and ultraviolet characteristics-under the infrared instrument, some banknotes will disappear; Under ultraviolet irradiation, the paper money pattern will have fluorescent effect; Miniature characters-If you look at paper money carefully, you can see characters that are very easy to recognize with the naked eye. These words are thin and clear, and ordinary printing is difficult to forge; Anti-copy circle-an irregularly arranged circle on paper money, which can be used by some photocopiers to identify paper money and then refuse to copy it; Digital watermarking-embedding information into the pattern through mathematical encryption algorithm, so that some image processing software (such as Adobe Photoshop) can recognize and refuse to process it; Magnetic ink-specific areas of paper money are printed with magnetic ink (such as the serial number of paper money) for special instruments to detect; Barcode-When you look at the paper money under the light, you can find that there are barcode watermarks in the middle and left of the paper money, and different denominations display different barcodes. Although the signature of the president of the European Central Bank will change with the issuance time, it is not part of the euro anti-counterfeiting measures. 20 13 layout size main color architectural style design printing code location? 5 120 × 62 gray classical architecture 65438+upper right corner of image edge since the 20th century? 10 127 × 67 red Romanesque building 1 1- 12 8 o'clock century star? 20 133 × 72 blue gothic architecture13-14th century 9 o'clock star? 50 140 × 77 orange renaissance building15-16th century image edge, right? 100 147 × 82 green baroque and rococo 17- 18 at 9 o'clock on the right side of the star? 200 153 × 82 tawny Art Nouveau architecture (glass and steel)19-above the starry sky at 7 o'clock in the 20th century? 500 160 × 82 purple modernist architecture 20-265438+ All euro coins have the same front, marked with the face value of the coin, which is called "* * * coplanar", and the pattern on the back of the coin is designed by the issuing country itself. Constitutional monarchy countries usually use the head of their monarch, while other countries usually use their national symbols. All different coins can be used in all euro zones. For example, coins with the head of the King of Spain are legal tender in countries that use the euro except Spain. Euro coins * * * have 8 denominations. Although Finland and the Netherlands generally do not use coins of 1 euro and 2 euro cents, they are still legal tender. The design of each denomination of euro notes is the same in all countries. Euro notes come in seven denominations. Although some countries do not issue large denomination notes, they are still legal tender. Trans-European automatic real-time settlement express transfer system (TARGET) is a European large-value transaction settlement system established before the issuance of Euro. The general rules of micropayment are as follows: transfer within the euro zone is regarded as domestic transfer, the handling fees for credit card payment and ATM withdrawal within the euro zone are the same as those in China, and bill payment such as cheque is also the same as that in China.
The euro pattern was publicly collected by the European Monetary Bureau and finally determined at 1996 12 13. The scheme of Austrian banknote designer Robert Callina was adopted. According to Karina's plan, the larger the face value, the larger the paper money area. The main components of the front patterns of various banknotes are doors and windows, which symbolize the spirit of cooperation and frankness. 12 stars form a circle, which symbolizes the harmonious coexistence of EU countries in Europe. On the reverse side of the paper money is the design of the bridge, which symbolizes the close ties between European countries. The patterns of doors, windows and bridges respectively represent the architectural styles of various periods in Europe. The monetary value from small to large is classical, romantic, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo, iron and glass, modern architectural style, and the colors are gray, red, blue, orange, green, tawny and lavender. Euro banknotes printed by countries in this region have the same pattern on the front and back, and there is no national symbol on the banknotes.
Coins are minted by euro-zone countries. All coins have the symbol of European Economic and Monetary Union on the front and the designs of various countries on the back.
Euro banknotes are made of tissue paper, which has a special feel, some of them will be uneven, and there are anti-counterfeiting lines. The face value figures at the top of the banknotes are printed with color-changing ink.
Euro banknotes (pictured) * * * are divided into seven denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros, with different sizes and colors. Each denomination of banknotes shows a European architectural period, a map of Europe and a European flag. For these seven denominations of banknotes, without exception, the design methods of front doors and windows and back bridges are adopted, which show different architectural styles in different periods in Europe and represent the cultural history of seven different periods in Europe. Arches and windows symbolize the spirit of openness and cooperation, and the EU's 12 stars represent the strength and unity of European countries. The bridge-shaped building on the back of paper money represents the cooperation and exchange between European countries and between Europe and the world. The amount of money is printed on paper money followed by Latin and Greek letters. The abbreviation of the European Central Bank is marked by five language variants of the official languages of EU countries. The banknotes are printed with the flag and map of the European Union. The abbreviation of the European Central Bank and the signature of the governor of the central bank are expressed in five official languages used in the European Union, such as BCE, ECB, EZB, EKT and EKP. 5 euro
Size: 120×62mm color: gray pattern: classical architecture
10 euro
Size: 127×67mm color: red pattern: Roman architecture
20 euros
Size: 133×72mm Color: blue pattern: Gothic architecture
50 euro size: 140×77mm color: orange pattern: Renaissance architecture
100 euro
Size: 147×82mm Color: green pattern: Baroque and Rococo architecture
200 euros
Size: 153×82mm color: tan pattern: steel and glass building
500 euros
Size: 160×82mm color: purple pattern: 20th century modern architecture.
There are eight denominations of coins: 1, 2,5, 1 0,20,50,1yuan, 2 yuan. Coins from euro zone 16 countries have the same pattern on one side and different patterns on the other.
Among them, 1, 2,5 points have not been modified since 2002, and 94.35% steel and 5.65% copper are cast by copper-plated steel. The front is the earth showing Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The other five frontal patterns are divided into 2002 edition and 2007 edition, and the maps of Europe in the patterns are also different.
1 point
Diameter: 16.25mm thickness: 1.67mm weight: 2.30g bare edge.
2 points
Diameter: 18.75mm Thickness: 1.67mm Weight: 3.06g There is a groove at the edge.
5 points
Diameter: 2 1.25mm thickness: 1.67mm weight 3.92g bare edge.
10,20,50 minutes. In 2007, a new design was used, in which 89% of copper, 5% of aluminum, 5% of zinc and 1% of tin were cast from Nordic gold. The frontal map of Europe is on the left.
10 point
Diameter: 19.75mm thickness: 1.93mm weight: 4. 10g edge thin line scale.
20 points
Diameter: 22.25mm Thickness: 2.14mm Weight: 5.74g There are seven notches on the edge (Spanish pattern).
50 minutes diameter: 24.25mm thickness: 2.38mm weight 7.80g edge thin line scale.
1, 2 yuan adopted a new design in 2007. 2 yuan inner core nickel brass is 75% copper, 20% zinc, 5% nickel, and outer ring white copper is 75% copper, 25% nickel, 1 yuan. On the contrary, the front view of Europe is on the right.
1 yuan
Diameter: 23.25mm Thickness: 2.33mm Weight: 7.50g (core: 3.7 1 g) Edge: Three groups of fine scales are separated by three groups of smooth blanks.
2 yuan
Diameter: 25.75mm, thickness: 2.20mm, weight: 8.50g (core: 4. 10g), lettering on the edge fine scale (lettering varies from country to country):
Austria: 1 min-Gentiana scabra, 2 points-Edelweiss, 5 points-all flowers of the Austrian Alps; 10-St. Stephen's Church, Vienna Gothic Architecture, 20-Beautiful Palace, Baroque Architecture, 50-Vienna Separatist Architecture, Art Nouveau Movement, 1 Yuan-Composer Mozart, 2 yuan-Austrian radical pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize winner Beta Floro von Satner.
Belgium: All portraits of King Albert II.
Finland: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 minutes-the heraldic lion on the national emblem of Finland, 1 yuan-two swans fly over the land of Finland, the big swan is the national bird of Finland, and the flowers and leaves of 2 yuan-Mei Yun.
Germany: 1, 2, 5 points-branches of German oak used on the former German Finney, 10, 20, 50 points-Brandenburg Gate, representing division and unity, 1, 2 yuan-German eagle symbol representing German sovereignty.
France: 1, 2, 5 minutes-Marianne's head, France * * * and national symbol, 10, 20, 50 minutes-the sower, the theme used by the former franc, 1, 2 yuan-a stylized tree in a hexagon, surrounded by the motto Libert.
Greece: 1 min —— Athens three-row paddle battleship in 5th century BC, 2 points —— 65438+ frigate in early 09th century, 5 points —— modern oil tanker, symbol of Greek commerce, 10 point —— Regas Ferreos, Greek writer and revolutionary, 20 points ——— Jan, the first prime minister of Greece.
Holland: All portraits of Queen Beya Trix.
Ireland: All Celtic harps.
Italy: 1 point-Monfort in Puglia, 2 points-tonelli minaret in Turin, 5 points-Colosseum in Rome, 10 point-the head of Venus painted by painter sandro botticelli in The Birth of Venus, 20 points-the unique shape with continuous space of Bochuni's futuristic sculpture, 50 points.
Luxemburg: All the portraits of Grand Duke Henri.
Portugal: 1 134 (1 2,5),1142 (10,20,50),1/kloc-.
Spain: 1, 2,5 points-Santiago Cathedral, 1 0,20,50 points-Cervantes, author of Don Quixote,1,King 2 yuan Carlos I.
Slovenia: 1 min-stork used to be 2 points on a coin of 20-Slovenian coin-Prince Stone 5 points-Ivan Grochal's famous painting "A sow stars" 10 points-Slovenian parliament 20 points-Lippizama 50 points-Trigraff Mountain 1 yuan-primo.
Cyprus: 1, 2,5 minutes -Movren sheep10,20,50 minutes-ancient Greek cargo ship Kilenia 1, portrait of 2 yuan Permus.
Malta: 1, 2,5 minutes-Mnara Temple 1 0,20,50 minutes-Malta National Emblem1,2 yuan-Malta Cross.
Slovakia: 1, 2,5 minutes-the main peak of Tallat Mountain in Slovakia, Cerrah Peak at an altitude of 2,655 meters, Slovak National Emblem/kloc-0,0,20,50 minutes-Bratislava Castle and Slovak National Emblem 1, 2 yuan-Slovak National Emblem.
Estonia: A single design of all 8 coins, featuring a map of Estonia, surrounded by 12 stars. The official structure of the euro symbol, which stipulates that the international three-letter code of the euro (ISO 42 17 standard) should be printed as EUR in yellow on a blue background. Its logo is a specially designed euro symbol. The final winner was selected by a group of four experts. Council of Europe declared that this symbol is "a combination of the Greek letter epsilonΕ representing European civilization, the European E representing the stability of the euro and the horizontal parallel lines". But a former editor-in-chief of art and design at EEC claimed that he created this symbol as a representative symbol of Europe.
Council of Europe originally stipulated that the euro symbol has a certain structural proportion and does not change with the font. This provision means that the euro symbol will be used as a symbol, rather than a designable symbol like letters or other currency symbols such as dollars and pounds. However, keeping its size strictly will cause the euro symbol to be wider than other symbols and numbers in most fonts, sometimes causing some layout problems. Therefore, most font designers ignore Council of Europe's regulations and design their own variants of the euro symbol in various fonts, usually based on the capital letter C in the font. The picture above is the official euro symbol.
Entering the euro symbol on the computer depends on the operating system, language and regional settings used. Some European and American mobile phone companies have transitioned and upgraded the special character set software of SMS system, replacing the unusual symbol RMB or Japanese yen with the euro symbol, and the latest mobile phones already contain these two symbols.
The international three-letter code of the euro (ISO 42 17 standard) is EUR. Its logo is a specially designed euro symbol (? ), two of the ten design schemes were selected through public opinion survey, and finally submitted to the European Council for selection of the final design. The final winner was designed by a team of four experts.
The name of the euro symbol in the Unicode character set is EURO SIGN, and its encoding is U+20AC (decimal 8364). The upgraded version of the traditional Latin character set has the same encoding. Shortly after the euro symbol was put forward, HTML4.0 version 4.0 was launched? Represents this symbol, but some browsers cannot parse this code correctly.
The picture above is the official euro symbol.
Entering the euro symbol on the computer depends on the operating system, language and regional settings used. Some European and American mobile phone companies have transitioned and upgraded the special character set software of SMS system, and replaced the uncommon RMB or Japanese yen symbols with euro symbols. The latest mobile phones already contain these two symbols.
There is no officially recommended symbol for the euro, and its amount is generally expressed as a decimal of the euro (such as commonly used? 0.05 instead of 5% or 5c). The lowercase letter c is also commonly used, which comes from the Dutch guilder. In Ireland, the lowercase letter C is common (as on stamps), but sometimes the penny symbol is used in shops. Greece widely uses its primitive monetary unit lepton (λ ε π τ? -Abbreviation of capital letter lambda (λ), which is also used in the design of euro coins issued by Greece. Germany usually uses the abbreviation "ct" to mean "minute". Finland generally uses decimal form, such as -.82? But sometimes you can see the abbreviation "snt" of Finnish "sentti", such as 50 snt.
The position of euro symbol in currency representation is also different. Although the official suggestion is put in front of the number, people in many countries still keep the habit of the original currency. It is difficult for people in Spain and France to change into this form which they think is slightly illogical (when writing, the currency symbol comes first: for example? 2 ; But I watched it later: deux/dos Europe "2 Euros"). What about France? 3.50 is generally written as 3? 50, derived from the idiom of French franc (such as 22F96). The euro was issued on June 5438+1 October1day, 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.
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 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. The back of the paper money depicts seven European bridges and maps of different times, symbolizing the close cooperation and exchanges between EU countries and the EU and the world.
Seven different kinds of paper money use different colors as the main color, and their specifications also increase with the increase of face value. In addition, euro banknotes have the following main features:
(1) Names of currencies marked in Latin and Greek;
(2) The name of "European Central Bank" expressed by abbreviations in five different languages;
(3) Identification symbols used for copyright protection;
(4) Signature of the President of the European Central Bank;
⑤ The flag of the European Union.
Anti-counterfeiting characteristics of euro banknotes
Euro has adopted a number of advanced anti-counterfeiting technologies, mainly in the following aspects:
(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
(5) Pearlescent ink printing pattern: 5, 10, 20 Euro, with one stripe printed 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 right side, 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; The map and bridge on the back are 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.
Identification method of euro paper money
Like RMB, the method of "seeing, touching, listening and measuring" should be adopted to identify euro banknotes.
(1) Look at the first perspective: mainly observe watermarks, security lines and printed patterns. The second is shaking observation: mainly observe the holographic logo, the stripe logo printed with pearlescent ink on the back of 5 10/0,20 euros and the denomination number of optically variable ink in the lower right corner of 50/kloc-0,00,200,500 euros.
(2) Touch the paper: The paper of the euro notes is thin, hard and non-slippery, and it feels very dense, and the thickness change can be felt at the watermark. The second is to touch the intaglio pattern: the denomination figures on the front of euro banknotes, the door and window patterns, the abbreviation of the European Central Bank, and the Braille marks of 200 and 500 euros are all engraved intaglio, which has obvious concave and convex feeling to the touch.
(3) When you shake the paper money by hand, the real paper money will make a crisp sound.
(4) Using ultraviolet lamp, magnifying glass and other instruments to detect the professional anti-counterfeiting features of euro banknotes.
Micro characters are printed on the front and back of euro banknotes. Under the magnifying glass, the micro-character lines on the real money are full and clear.