EuroBillTracker

Seems logical. I wouldn't call it a surprise.

+BBBB+ wrote:The security feature "portrait window" that reveals a portrait of Europe also seems to exist
(as it happened with the new note) at the upper right side of the new note.

It seems that the holographic patch on the first series €50 will be replaced by a holographic foil strip on the Europa €50. And maybe on the €100 and €200, too.

I wonder if the new will finally have the Croatian abbreviation for ECB (ESB in Croatian) because it's really time to include it, 3 years after joining

We've briefly discussed that in the past, I think. We shall see what happens, but I'd say it's not likely. Making a change - however minor - to a common feature on every note has not happened before (ie. it is unlikely to have one acronym list on the and a different list on every other). Wait and see, I guess!

Our contributions to the topic on "ESB" some months ago: viewtopic.php?p=1127626#p1127626

I do not expect to see "ESB" on the new €50 notes either. But it is somewhat strange: In the Europa series, every denomination has a different copyright date: €5 2013, €10 2014, €20 2015 ... So that can obviously be adapted while the ECB language versions cannot? Hmm.

Christian

I believe that the ECB has decided to postpone the addition of ESB to the next series.

Nothing yet on the ECB website about the new . It's already over 2 pm CET. It's odd that there isn't even a time for the event - or if there is, it is very well hidden or I'm just blind .

Craft wrote:Nothing yet on the ECB website about the new . It's already over 2 pm CET. It's odd that there isn't even a time for the event - or if there is, it is very well hidden or I'm just blind .

And within a couple of minutes from my message, now it's there:
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

And more:
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes ... ex.en.html

And at least the introductory video ends with the date when it will be released to circulation: April 4th, 2017.

ART wrote:I believe that the ECB has decided to postpone the addition of ESB to the next series.

BTW, you seem to have bet on the wrong horse: the ESB is there on the new .

Also the pattern of the raised print is not what was expected on the forum...
I can count 32 stripes, is that right?
Perhaps having 4 groups of 5 stripes was not optimal for blind people.

If you want a serial number, here is one. (Don't blame me, it's public ...)

Christian

My personal opinion about the design is that the new one looks better than the old one. I have never liked the which looks rather dull and blunt. I was hoping that the update brings something better, and I wasn't disappointed. But this is of course a matter of personal taste.