Editing Euro (section)

===Banknotes===
{{Main|Euro banknotes}}
[[File:Various Euro banknotes.jpg|thumb|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]].<ref name="euro96">{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.int/euro/changeover/2002/photos/html/image12.en.html |title=Robert Kalina, designer of the euro banknotes, at work at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in Vienna |publisher=European Central Bank |access-date=30 May 2010}}</ref> Notes are issued in [[500 euro note|€500]], [[200 euro note|€200]], [[100 euro note|€100]], [[50 euro note|€50]], [[20 euro note|€20]], [[10 euro note|€10]], and [[5 euro note|€5]]. Each banknote has its own colour and is dedicated to an artistic period of European architecture. The front of the note features windows or gateways while the back has bridges, symbolising links between states in the union and with the future. While the designs are supposed to be devoid of any identifiable characteristics, the initial designs by Robert Kalina were of specific bridges, including the [[Rialto]] and the [[Pont de Neuilly]], and were subsequently rendered more generic; the final designs still bear very close similarities to their specific prototypes; thus they are not truly generic. The monuments looked similar enough to different national monuments to please everyone.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schmid |first=John |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/03/news/03iht-euro_ed3_.html |title=Etching the Notes of a New European Identity|work=International Herald Tribune |date=3 August 2001 |access-date=29 May 2009}}</ref>

The Europa series, or second series, consists of six denominations and no longer includes the €500 with issuance discontinued as of 27 April 2019.<ref name="Bank">{{Cite web|title=Banknotes|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/html/index.en.html|website=European Central Bank|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> However, both the first and the second series of euro banknotes, including the €500, remain legal tender throughout the euro area.<ref name="Bank"/>

In December 2021, the ECB announced its plans to redesign euro banknotes by 2024. A theme advisory group, made up of one member from each euro area country, was selected to submit theme proposals to the ECB. The proposals will be voted on by the public; a design competition will also be held.<ref>{{cite journal|title=ECB to redesign euro banknotes by 2024 |url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2021/html/ecb.pr211206~a9e0ba2198.en.html |access-date=7 December 2021 |date=6 December 2021|website=European Central Bank}}</ref>

====Issuing modalities for banknotes====
Since 1 January 2002, the national central banks (NCBs) and the [[European Central Bank|ECB]] have issued euro banknotes on a joint basis.<ref name="Scheller">{{Cite book|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/ecbhistoryrolefunctions2006en.pdf|quote=Since 1 January 2002, the NCBs and the ECB have issued euro banknotes on a joint basis. |title=The European Central Bank: History, Role and Functions|first=Hanspeter K. |last=Scheller |edition=2nd |date= 2006|isbn=978-92-899-0027-0 |page=103|publisher=European Central Bank }}</ref> Eurosystem NCBs are required to accept euro banknotes put into circulation by other Eurosystem members and these banknotes are not repatriated. The ECB issues 8% of the total value of banknotes issued by the Eurosystem.<ref name="Scheller"/> In practice, the ECB's banknotes are put into circulation by the NCBs, thereby incurring matching liabilities vis-à-vis the ECB. These liabilities carry interest at the main refinancing rate of the ECB. The other 92% of euro banknotes are issued by the NCBs in proportion to their respective shares of the ECB capital key,<ref name="Scheller"/> calculated using national share of European Union (EU) population and national share of EU GDP, equally weighted.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.ecb.int/ecb/orga/capital/html/index.en.html
|title=Capital Subscription
|publisher=European Central Bank
|access-date=18 December 2011
|quote=The NCBs' shares in this capital are calculated using a key which reflects the respective country's share in the total population and gross domestic product of the EU&nbsp;– in equal weightings. The ECB adjusts the shares every five years and whenever a new country joins the EU. The adjustment is done on the basis of data provided by the European Commission.
}}
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{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:auto; font-size:90%;"
!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!rowspan="2"| Year !!rowspan="2"| Dimensions<br />(millimetres) !!rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Main colour !!colspan="2"| Design !!colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Printer code position
|- The age of iron and glass
! Obverse !! Reverse !! Architecture !! Century
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:EUR 5 obverse (2013 issue).png|border|86px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:EUR 5 reverse (2013 issue).png|border|86px]]
! [[5 euro note|€5]]{{anchor|5}}
| 2013
| style="text-align:center;"| 120 × 62&nbsp;mm
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;" colspan="2"|
| Grey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/denominations/html/index.en.html#es2-005|title=Denominations Europa series €5|date=13 September 2018 |access-date=2019-06-17|publisher=European Central Bank}}</ref>
| [[Classical architecture|Classical]]
| 8th BC–4th AD
| Top right
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:EUR 10 obverse (2014 issue).png|border|91px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:EUR 10 reverse (2014 issue).png|border|91px]]
! [[10 euro note|€10]]{{anchor|10}}
| 2014
| style="text-align:center;"| 127 × 67&nbsp;mm
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f99;" colspan="2"|
| Red<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/denominations/html/index.en.html#es2-010|title=Denominations Europa series €10|date=13 September 2018 |access-date=2019-06-17|publisher=European Central Bank}}</ref>
| [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]]
| 11–12th
| Top right
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:The Europa series 20 € obverse side.jpg|border|95px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:The Europa series 20 € reverse side.jpg|border|95px]]
! [[20 euro note|€20]]{{anchor|20}}
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;"| 133 × 72&nbsp;mm
|  style="text-align:center; background:#9cf;" colspan="2"|
| Blue<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/denominations/html/index.en.html#es2-020|title=Denominations Europa series €20|date=13 September 2018 |access-date=2019-06-17|publisher=European Central Bank}}</ref>
| [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]
| 13–14th
| Top right
|- style="height:62px"
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:The Europa series 50 € obverse side.png|border|100px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:The Europa series 50 € reverse side.png|border|100px]]
! [[50 euro note|€50]]{{anchor|50}}
| 2017
| style="text-align:center;"| 140 × 77&nbsp;mm
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f93;" colspan="2"|
| Orange<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/denominations/html/index.en.html#es2-050|title=Denominations Europa series €50|date=13 September 2018 |access-date=2019-06-17|publisher=European Central Bank}}</ref>
| [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]]
| 15–16th
| Top right
|- style="height:62px"
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:The Europa series 100 € obverse side.jpg|border|105px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:The Europa series 100 € reverse side.jpg|border|105px]]
! [[100 euro note|€100]]{{anchor|100}}
| 2019
| style="text-align:center;"| 147 × 77&nbsp;mm
|  style="text-align:center; background:#8cd653;" colspan="2"|
| Green<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/denominations/html/index.en.html#es2-100|title=Denominations Europa series €100|date=13 September 2018 |access-date=2019-06-17|publisher=European Central Bank}}</ref>
| [[Baroque]] & [[Rococo]]
| 17–18th
| Top right
|- style="height:62px"
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:The Europa series 200 € obverse side.jpg|border|109px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:The Europa series 200 € reverse side.jpg|border|109px]]
! [[200 euro note|€200]]{{anchor|200}}
| 2019
| style="text-align:center;"| 153 × 77&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffcc33;"" colspan="2"|
| Yellow<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/denominations/html/index.en.html#es2-200|title=Denominations Europa series €200|date=13 September 2018 |access-date=2019-06-17|publisher=European Central Bank}}</ref>
| [[Art Nouveau]]
| 19th
| Top right
|-
|colspan="11"|{{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}}
|}

====Banknote printing====
Member states are authorised to print or to commission bank note printing. {{as of|November 2022}}, these are the printers:
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* [[Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato]]
* [[Banco de Portugal]]
* [[Bank of Greece]]
* [[Bank of France]]
* [[Bundesdruckerei]]
* [[Central Bank of Ireland]]
* [[De La Rue]]
* [[Royal Mint (Spain)|Real Casa de la Moneda]]
* [[François-Charles Oberthür]]
* [[Giesecke+Devrient]]
* [[Joh. Enschedé|Royal Joh. Enschedé]]
* [[National Bank of Belgium]]
* [[Oesterreichische Nationalbank]]
* [[Setec (Company of Finland)|Setec Oy]]
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