Printer's Code: R012A3

Architecture design: Renaissance (15–16th century).

It is the fourth issues of 2013 series bearing the signature of Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank. Like the previous €20, these €50 banknotes are also printed with hybrid materials, including a transparent see-through arch window on s strip located on the right hand side of the note

The Europa series banknotes, similarly to the first series, bear the EU Flag, a map of Europe on the reverse and the signature of Mario Draghi, current president of the ECB and the 12 stars from the EU Flag are also incorporated into the note.

The design for the 50 euro note features the acronyms of the name of the European Central Bank in ten linguistic variants, covering all official languages of the EU28.

Reinhold Gerstetter, an independent banknote designer, was chosen by the European Central Bank to redesign the euro notes.

The full design of the Europa series 50 euro banknote was revealed on 5 July 2016 and the new 50 note was released on 4 April 2017.

SERIAL NUMBER

In the new series, there are two codes, like in the first series. They are the printer code in the top right hand corner and the serial number. Part of the serial number is horizontal and part of it is vertical. The serial number begins with a letter indicating the printer, which is broadly similar to the first series (Z for Belgium, Y for Greece, etc.). The second letter of the new serial numbers is part of the serial number itself, and has no further significance.