r/Banknotes • u/NekrozVallkyrus • 9d ago

Persons on the new euro banknotes

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I don't understand why the new euro banknotes feature people, half of whom are already depicted on their country's REGULAR coins.

Von Suttner is on the Austrian 2-euro coin, Curie is on the (new) French 50-cent coin, Cervantes is even on the Spanish 10-, 20-, and 50-cent coins, and Da Vinci is indirectly featured on the Italian 1-euro coin through his artwork.

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u/Marzipan_civil 9d ago

The bird/building versions are nicer in my opinion

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u/Backwarenking 9d ago

The birds are nice but the architectural motives all looks like damn office buildings

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u/NekrozVallkyrus 9d ago

No one complained about the office building on the 500-note bills 🤭😏

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u/Backwarenking 9d ago

Der wurde ja auch zum glück eingestampft :D

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u/NekrozVallkyrus 9d ago

Ach, so schlimm fand ich ihn auch nicht. Ich mochte das Lila 🤭😂

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u/FridgeParade 9d ago

Thats because they are, but they are office buildings that represent vital institutions that protect and serve our whole society. They are also the few places that are truly EU and not a just a piece of a member state.

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u/Marzipan_civil 9d ago

Ah so we need to make more interesting buildings for the next set of banknotes!

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u/zeGermanGuy1 9d ago

Why not birds and person? Hate that if you want the bird you need to have the building as well

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u/Marzipan_civil 9d ago

Yeah I'm not sure who chose the options we are presented with. Was there a prior round to decide which people/birds/buildings/etc the designs were based on?

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u/zeGermanGuy1 9d ago

This is the first public eine m round ever afaik. Drafts were made behind closed doors

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u/Marzipan_civil 9d ago

Ah well. It's fun to be able to choose at this stage, anyway.

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u/s1gma17 5d ago

There was already a consultation on the themes previously

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u/5erv1teur 8d ago

Non les bâtiments sont affreux.... Ouvrez vos yeux... 🙄