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.
 

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