BANK NOTE
Germany €20 : Euro Series II 'Europa' (2015)
GENERAL INFORMATION
Country
France
Denomination
20 Euro
Issued Date/Year
2015 CE - Common Era
Note Type
Paper - Circulation
Front Description
© BCE ECB ЕЦБ EZB EKP EKT EKB BĊE EBC 2015
20 EURO EYPΩ EBPO
20 EURO EYPΩ EBPO
Back Description
Governor
Mario Draghi
Note Printer
Banque de France
Dimension
133 × 72 mm
IN COLLECTION CONDITION
Preliminary
Normal
Condition
Uncirculated
Germany €20 : Euro Series II 'Europa' (2015)
Euro Second Series
Reinhold Gerstetter, an independent banknote designer, was chosen by the European Central Bank to redesign the euro notes.
In the new series, there are two codes, like in the first series. They are the printer code in the top right hand corner (front) and the serial number (back). 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.
However, as the code indicates the printer, rather than the issuing NCB, certain letters have been reassigned from NCBs which do not maintain their own printing facilities. In the first series, H denoted Slovenia. As there is no Slovene printer of euro banknotes, H represents De La Rue (Loughton) in the second series. Several of the printers which replaced what were NCB codes maintain their printing code from the first series (De La Rue, mentioned, and Bundesdruckerei, which replaced Luxembourg as R, its previous printing code).
The acronyms of the name of the European Central Bank in ten linguistic variants, covering all official languages of the EU28. For 5 euro, 10 euro and 20 euro notes, they do not feature ESB, as Croatian became an official language only in July 2013 with the accession of Croatia, after the introduction of the banknote design earlier that year.
Architecture on the reverse side,
Printer's code
Reinhold Gerstetter, an independent banknote designer, was chosen by the European Central Bank to redesign the euro notes.
In the new series, there are two codes, like in the first series. They are the printer code in the top right hand corner (front) and the serial number (back). 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.
However, as the code indicates the printer, rather than the issuing NCB, certain letters have been reassigned from NCBs which do not maintain their own printing facilities. In the first series, H denoted Slovenia. As there is no Slovene printer of euro banknotes, H represents De La Rue (Loughton) in the second series. Several of the printers which replaced what were NCB codes maintain their printing code from the first series (De La Rue, mentioned, and Bundesdruckerei, which replaced Luxembourg as R, its previous printing code).
The acronyms of the name of the European Central Bank in ten linguistic variants, covering all official languages of the EU28. For 5 euro, 10 euro and 20 euro notes, they do not feature ESB, as Croatian became an official language only in July 2013 with the accession of Croatia, after the introduction of the banknote design earlier that year.
BCE | French: Banque centrale européenne Irish: Banc Ceannais Eorpach Italian: Banca centrale europea Portuguese: Banco Central Europeu Romanian: Banca Centrală Europeană Spanish: Banco Central Europeo |
ECB | Czech: Evropská centrální banka Danish: Europæiske Centralbank Dutch: Europese Centrale Bank English: European Central Bank Latvian: Eiropas Centrālā banka Lithuanian: Europos Centrinis Bankas Slovak: Európska centrálna banka Slovene: Evropska centralna banka Swedish: Europeiska centralbanken |
ЕЦБ | Bulgarian: Европейска централна банка |
EZB | German: Europäische Zentralbank |
EKP | Estonian: Euroopa Keskpank Finnish: Euroopan keskuspankki |
ΕΚΤ | Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Κεντρική Τράπεζα |
ESB | Croatian: Europska središnja banka |
EKB | Hungarian: Európai Központi Bank |
BĊE | Maltese: Bank Ċentrali Ewropew |
EBC | Polish: Europejski Bank Centralny |
Architecture on the reverse side,
Denomination | Design Architecture | Architecture Century |
5 | Classical | < 5th |
10 | Romanesque | 11 - 12th |
20 | Gothic | 12 - 14th |
50 | Renaissance | 15 - 16th |
100 | Baroque & Rococo | 17 - 18th |
200 | The age of iron and glass | 19 - 20th |
Printer's code
Code | Printer | |
---|---|---|
Z | Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique | |
Y | Bank of Greece | |
X | Giesecke & Devrient (Munich) | |
W | Giesecke & Devrient (Leipzig) | |
V | IMBISA (owned by Banco de España) | |
U | Banque de France | |
T | Central Bank of Ireland | |
S | Banca d'Italia | |
R | Bundesdruckerei | |
(Q) | Omitted[110] | |
P | Joh. Enschedé | |
(O) | Omitted[110] | |
N | Oesterreichische Banknoten‐ und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH | |
M | Valora | |
(L) | Unassigned | |
(K) | Unassigned | |
J | De La Rue (Gateshead) | |
(I) | Omitted[110] | |
H | De La Rue (Loughton) | |
(G) | Unassigned | |
(F) | Unassigned | |
E | Oberthur | |
D | Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych | |
(C) | Unassigned | |
(B) | Unassigned | |
(A) | Unassigned |
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