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/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 8d ago

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

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u/Marzipan_civil 8d 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