Proposal E from Myrsini Vardopoulou is absolutely superior.
Future euro banknote design proposals
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#172Is size not part of "shared identity and values"? Also, if you like animals, why not use different kinds for easier differentiation rather than stick to birds users will not even know names for?
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#173While other countries are cashless
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#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but all the buildings are modernist skyscrapers and uninspired office buildings Because they are the european institutions, eg the EU parliament building, EU comission, etc. They are mostly office buildings.
Brutalist buildings in Brussels. Not a great choice for a continent with 2000+ years of very rich architecture history.
Also the ECB in frankfurt on the 50€
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#175So many of these have some building as the backdrop, but all the buildings are modernist skyscrapers and uninspired office buildings Europe doesn't have a dearth of stunning architecture. Have they all been discarded in favor of ugly straightline modernist sloptitecture because they might be construed as offensive for some reason?
> but all the buildings are modernist skyscrapers and uninspired office buildings Because they are the european institutions, eg the EU parliament building, EU comission, etc. They are mostly office buildings.
This sounds very self-centered. Many people already see the EU bureaucrats as something alien, let's not give them another reason to think they're selfish.
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#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
> how do the French feel about Cervantes vs. Victor Hugo? I don't think anybody would mind since there's already Marie Curie, which is an obvious choice because she's both Polish and French. I don't know how the Polish take it but the French have no particular feelings about her being Polish as well.
You still need to tread carefully as @ncruses said. So not Marie Curie but Maria Skłodowska-Curie.
Maria Skłodowska-Curie was very helpful, at trying to solve #2 and #5 countries (by population) in one stroke. Good that the big 5 EU countries were simple enough to cover.
But why are a Greek-American, and an - unknown to the majority of Europeans - Austrian in there?
How many counties more populous than Austria are unrepresented? Do all EU countries count, or just EZ? (Poland is not EZ, is represented, still complained)
It's an impossible list. Europeans don't necessarily have shared heroes, and if they did, some of these wouldn't be top 6.
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#177I try to pay everything in cash as much as I can, so it's nice to see the banknotes get some love from the ECB (even though the absence of €1 and €2 banknotes still hurts…). I think it's a bit strange to feature people on these, plus it would be difficult to agree on who to feature between the 21 € states. The birds look cool! But it would have been nice to modernize the current architecture-based design rather than…
> absence of €1 and €2 banknotes The US style? I much prefer the Japanese style instead (where €5 would be a coin instead of a note). When our largest coin is too small to buy a drink at a vending machine we've got a problem. ATMs don't turn over €5 notes anyway, so their existence is painfully awkward.
ATS return 5€, or did I miss something? Also: vending machines can take notes as well, so I really don't get the argument
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#178I really dislike the back of the notes on pretty much all of them. Generic crowds of people with ugly backdrops, just feels very uninspired especially when some of the front designs are so bold
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#179I wonder why do we need new notes... but I guess running some competition is not a tragedy. You can see all side-by-side here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/ht... My takes: Designs A and B and I are not terrible, but I'm not impressed. Design C - the backside looks like the worst soulless corporate landing page graphics (Corporate Memphis style?). Design D and E, H are okayish. Possibly I'…
I love H, and I mean it - not only acceptable but even pleasing to me, quite surprising to say. A and B stayed too long in the sun, C indeed is PowerPoint heaven, D is fun but in a circus entry ticket way, E reminds me of a school book and not in the good way, F ouch my eyes too much going on, G okayish but doesn't feel like a banknote but rather... flyers? I - spilled its colors in a watercolor cleaning water way, a…
same here, H has class, contrast and is just so pleasing to look at!
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#180Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, the motifs were selected ~1.5y ago: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.pr2501...
As an Austrian, it feels a bit annoying that the Germans got their one famous composer - they're kind of our thing! Why not Mozart, Strauss, Haydn, Schubert? It's also unfortunate that the nice peaceful bird motif was paired with the ugly modern buildings on the other side.
Composers are an austrian thing? lol
Europe has plenty of composers all over, especially Germany